The pine climb in Pollensa on the night of Sant Antoni is one of Mallorca's most celebrated fiesta events. It is also one that can tend to suffer from the odd unfortunate incident.
The event starts with the transporting of a pine of some 21 metres from the Ternelles finca into the centre of Pollensa and to the small Plaça Vella. This transporting once resulted in a finger having to be amputated after control was lost of the carriage.
Getting the tree into the square can itself pose some difficulty. In 2018, the tree snapped, injuring two people. Something similar happened on Saturday night; the tree was split almost in half. Amid scenes of chaos - these scenes are commonplace, given the sheer numbers of people - the tree was finally put in place shortly after 9pm.
There were no injuries on this occasion. Pollensa's councillor for fiestas, Mateu Tugores, took responsibility for what happened and publicly apologised. Despite everything, the collective will was clear - the climb had to go ahead.
It was reckoned that this year's tree would prove easier to climb because it was more slender than usual. As things turned out, it was easier because it wasn't so tall. Nevertheless, it was smeared with greater-than-usual amount of soap; and it was raining.
After failed attempts by others, 17-year-old Joan Rebassa made it to the top at 9.52.
Joan later said: "Yes, the tree was short, and for that reason, a lot of saïm was used in addition to soap, which made it quite difficult, especially because it was a thin pine. I liked that, because it added more excitement to the challenge.
"I think I'll take it easy for a couple of years now, and maybe I'll try again later. I'm still itching to climb a taller pine tree. This one was fun, but I'm keen to do a proper one."