Knots and ropes
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Knots and Ropes
Unit 1 Lesson 2 – Textbook: Quality Lesson Plans for Outdoor Education by
Kevin Redmond et al.
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! Knots are important in order to survive in the wilderness !
Learning Objectives
• Types of ropes (+/-)
• 6 types of knots
– To apply knots in different contexts and understand the purpose of these different knots
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Ropes• Every kind of rope has pros and cons
• It is important to select the right rope for the task
• Not every knot work well in every type of rope
Nylon wovon sheath rope:
-broadly used but expensive
Nylon braid rope:
-cheaper-works well-can be slippery
Cotton rope:
-easily affordable-it retains water and become heavy or can freeze
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-Pack rope into halves !-Store rope after it has dried !
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Daisy Chaine
- Good way to shorten a rope for storage - Can reduce tangling while a rope is being washed in washing machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2Nlrm8AAY
Follow the link bellow:
The Video will show you, how to tie a daisy chaine
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Bowline Knot-verstaile -easy to untie -to anchor the rope
to almost any object
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1 Form an eye in the rope (standing part runs underneath)
2 Free end runs up trough the eye
3 Take a turn around the standing part
4 Feed the free end back down through the eye and hold
5 Pull the standing part to tighten the knot
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Square (Reef) Knot-used to join two ends of a rope togehter, resulting in a longer length -works best with ropes of equal size -must be tied correctly or it will be difficult to undo or it will fail by slipping
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Sheet Bend-joining to ropes of different diameters to make a longer lenght
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1 Create a loop and pinch with fingers
2 Take the other rope and bring it up trough the loop arround the rope where you‘re pinching it
3 Take the free end of the roop and put it over the loop but underneath itself
4 Pull the free end of th working rope tight
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Alpine Butterfly (Preacher Knot)-when a secure loop is required at any point along a length of a rope
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- It is best to pull on the loop and both ends to set the knot
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Guidline (Taut-Line) Hitch-used to form an adjustable loop -favourite among campers because it can adjust the tension, slipping to tighten or loosen a line, and then holds fast under load.-excellent for tarp and tent construstion
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-Create the loops around the standing end of the rope, going back toward the tension (e. g. The tree)
-When tying the knot off, make sure you go in the opposite direction than the wraps around the standing end
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Clove Hitch-all-purpose hitch – easy to tie and untie-good for creating buttons (secure holds on flapping tarps) when building shelters
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-first two initial loops by crossing right over left
-the left loop should cross over the loop on the right, creating an X
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