STIRRUP HITCH 



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STIRRUP HITCH 

 A Troo-Man Hitch 

 This is in the order of emergfency hitches that may 

 be used with a saw buck saddle, an aparejo, an ordin- 

 ary riding saddle, or even, in extreme emergency, with 

 nothing more than an animal and a piece of rope if 

 the character of the load permit's. It is a two-man 

 hitch, although it can be thrown by one man alone. 

 The lash rope has neither cincha nor hook. 



Fig. 1. 

 The load being slung to ihrom the Stirrup Hitch: 

 Fig. I. No. I throws the lash rope across the pack in 

 such a manner that the center of the rope rests on 

 the center of the pack. 

 He then forms at this center a bight. 

 The position of the lash rope is now as ^hown ip 

 Fig. I. 



