MANUAL OF PACK TEANSPOETATION. 



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the load; hence the name given this form of hitch. In its formation 

 a single knot is made, and when undoing the hitch the end, or top 

 rope, when freed, is pidled or drawn from between the standing and 

 running ropes; this leaves the lash rope free of knot. 



In the formation of the "diamond" the rope has six designated 

 names : 



On the "near" side we have the standing, running, and marking 

 ropes, and the front, rear, and top ropes. 



On the "off" side we have the standing, running, front, rear, and 

 top, or end ropes. 



The standing rope is that portion encircling the mule and load to 

 point of engagement on hook. (Figs. 40 and 41.) 



The ruiming rope, from hook going back over center of load to 

 center of pack on the "near" side. (Fig. 40, to R, fig. 41.) 



Fig. 40. 



The marking rope, from the center of side pack on the "near" 

 side, from point were jammed under the standing rope and front 

 corner of boot of aparejo. (Fig. 41, E, and M.) 



The front rope passes over the front corners of the load; the rear 

 rope, in similar manner, over the rear corners; in both cases, on each 

 side, the rope passes under and around the boot. These ropes are 

 sometimes referred to as the quarter ropes. (F and D, fig. 40, and 

 D and F, fig. 41.) 



The top rope, from the rear corner of the boot on the "near" side, 

 running up toward and across the center of the load (fig. 41) to 

 the center and side of the "off" pack, where the wrapping of rope 

 indicates completion of the hitch. (Fig. 40.) 



It may be added, there are various methods of finishing the hitch, 

 as conditions of loading may suggest to the experienced packer. 



