Pitching Quarter Dome Tents

Video Transcript

"I'm going to teach you how to put together my tent, which is the REI Quarterdome UL. Most Quarterdomes go together pretty much the same way so this could probably be applicable to many tents. First you want to lay out the ground cloth. I've already done that. I usually keep my ground cloth attached to my tent like I said before. And the first thing you're going to want to do, especially on a windy day like today is put stakes in. So you want to spread out the tent, all four corners, I've already put three of them in. And the tent stakes have little hooks on them. So what you want to do is you want to put them in an angle towards the tent, so that when there's pressure it's going to use the hook if you understand that. So put it at an angle towards the tent and that way you see if it comes up it's going to catch on the hook. Alright, after you've put in all the tent stakes, you don't want them sticking up because you could trip on them and hurt yourself. You're going to go ahead and get the tent poles. Tent poles are basically metal tubes that have a big long string of elastic inside of them. So they're really easy to put together. After you've put them all together, my tent basically has a long sleeve that stops at one end so it just catches in the very corner pocket then I have to tuck it into the other corner. And it's two sticks, two poles that go and cross each other and that's how they hold the tent up. So as you're feeding it through, you want to be careful because tents are delicate. You want to make sure not to tear the tent. And make sure it gets all the way into that pocket and doesn't get stuck on the fabric. You're going to do the same with the other one. And then after you've put both of them in, you don't want to push them in real hard just until they stop at the end. This is where you're going to want to ask a friend to help you cause this part can get really awkward. So what you're going to do is you're going to synchronize and both push in the tent poles at the same time, so the tent comes up and then you're going to push them in, if you can see right here there's actually a little hole that the tent pole is going to go into. So you're going to push it up and hold that down. And stick it right into place and then your tent is set up."