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2. Pass the working end behind the horizontal pole at the 3:00 position, in front of the vertical pole at 12:00,
then back behind the horizontal one at 9:00. When you pull the rope tight after passing it behind the
horizontal pole the first time, the clove hitch may slip around the pole as shown: this is OK.

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