Page 97 - Knack Knots You Need

taUtLIne hItCh

This knot provides leverage to take up slack
in a rope or cord.

Like the trucker’s hitch (see page 46), the tautline hitch knot tyers as a method of creating tension, as in a tent
creates a tight (or taut) line but does so with a simple line. The knot slides freely but jams against the rope or
knot instead of a system of knots. Because it is simpler cord it is tied around when a load is applied. Far more
than the trucker’s hitch, it is often taught to beginning tension can be created with a trucker’s hitch, and the

Tautline Hitch: Step 1 Tautline Hitch: Step 2

KnOtS YOU need: CaMPInG KnOtS

Take the working end around or through a se- With the working end, make two or three turns
cure point and back under the standing part to around the standing part within the loop, as
form a loop. shown in the photograph.

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This knot will loosen if slack develops in the
rope and, therefore, should be checked often.

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