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STEP 2 Pull the Timber Hitch tight and make three vertical wraps around the center.

STEP 3 Cross over and make three more wraps around the opposite diagonal.

STEP 4 Make two frapping turns, below the upper pole and above the lower pole, just

as with the Sheer Lashing. Finish with a Clove Hitch (see Chapter 8).

SHEER LASHING

Also called Round Lashing, this method will bind two poles parallel to each other.

STEP 1 Anchor the rope to one of the poles with a Clove Hitch (see Chapter 8).