LIFTING HITCH 



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Fig. 3. 



Fig, 3. The packer now passes the rope up and over 

 and forward along the off pack, over the portions 

 of the lash rope lying there, and then down and 

 under that portion of the rope that passes around 

 the forward part of the off pack. This is in such 

 a manner that the strain when cinched will come 

 between the standing rope and the forward part of 

 the off pack. 



The position of the lash rope is now as shown in 

 Fig. 3, 



