WIMAN ONE-MAN HITCH 113 



Fig.9. The lacings just described are now cinched. 



(While they are being made they should be kept 

 fairly taut.) 



Fig. 9 

 They are cinched by going over them, hauling each 

 taut in turn and finally securing by any kind of 

 knot the packer may fancy. 



The position of the lash rope is now as indicated In 

 Fig. 9. 



The kind of knot used to secure a hitch is a matter 

 of individual preference, though it also depends on 

 the character of the lash rope used. A single bow- 

 knot, or a reef slip-knot as it is sometimes called, 

 is best when it can be used, for ease of casting off 

 is a necessary factor. A rawhide lash rope is very 

 perverse. If a rope can be jammed in one of its 

 own bearings the result is most convenient — or 

 rather a combination of simple knot and then a 

 jam. 



It must be borne in mind that to preserve the 

 clearness of the diagrams many factors have been 

 sacrificed. The ropes that bear directly on the 

 load and that radiate from the common center (see 

 Fig. 7) should always pass over the front and rear 

 of the side loads at approximately the center of 

 pack. This is true of all hitches. 



