POLE HITCH 



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Fig. 1 



The pac^s being slung to ihronf the Pole Hitch: 



Fig. I. No. I throws the lash rope (without the cincha, 

 it having been removed first) across the pack so 

 that the middle of the rope rests in the centre of 

 the packs. He commands 

 "Take." 



The position of the lash rope is now as shown in 

 Fig. I. 

 No. 2 seizes his half of the rope. 



