104 HORSE PACKING 



WIMAN ONE-MAN HITCH 



The best and simplest of the one-man hitches; it 

 can be thrown by one man without assistance. 



(See method of slinging cargo for one man..) 



To avoid confusion in ihe diagrams the sling ropes are nol shorvn. 



The load being balanced and slung to ihroTo ihe Wiman One-Man 

 Hitch: 



Fig. /. Standing on the near side of the mule the Packer 

 doubles the lash rope, laying the double rope be- 

 tween the two loads with the loop or bight l})ing to ihe 

 rear. 



The doubled rope is laid between the loads in such 

 a manner that the end or running part lies over and on 

 top of the standing part of the lash rope. (Fig. I.) 



