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2. List of friction hitch knots - Wikipedia

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   A friction hitch is a kind of knot used to attach one rope to another in a way that is easily adjusted. These knots are commonly used in climbing as part of single-rope technique, doubled-rope technique and as "ratchets" to capture progress on a moving rope, most typically in a mechanical advantage system such as a Z-drag.

3. Taut-line hitch - Wikipedia

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   The similar ABoK numbers are in ABoK's unique "Chapter 22: Hitches to Masts, Rigging and Cable (Lengthwise Pull) [5] 1st paragraph reads: "To withstand a lengthwise pull without slipping is about the most that can be asked of a hitch. Great care must be exercised in tying the following series of knots, and the impossible must not be expected."

4. Tug of war - Wikipedia

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   Tug of war video from Kerala, India. Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.

5. Tugging rituals and games - Wikipedia

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   The tugging ritual and game consists of groups of men wielding a hooked sapling of the attoba tree. [12] The men use the hook to hold on to a woven anthropomorphic figure that is thrown in the middle of the river. [13] They pull against the other contenders. It is believed that the winning group will have a bountiful harvest. [11]

6. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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   A kind of hitch, which is a knot used for attaching rope to a pole or other structure. Pipe hitch: A hitch-type knot used to secure smooth cylindrical objects. Prusik knot: A friction hitch or knot used to put a loop of cord around a rope, applied in climbing, canyoneering, mountaineering, caving, rope rescue, and by arborists. Reverse half hitches

7. Gripping sailor's hitch - Wikipedia

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   Tie one rope to another rope, boom, spar, shaft, etc., and pull lengthwise. Michoacan-Martin Step by step for Gripping Sailor's Hitch The gripping sailor's hitch [ a ] is a secure, jam-proof friction hitch used to tie one rope to another, or a rope to a pole, boom, spar, etc., when the pull is lengthwise along the object.

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9. Bowline - Wikipedia

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   Pull per the blue arrows. A mnemonic used to teach the tying of the bowline is to imagine the working end of the rope as a rabbit. 1,2 – a loop is made into the standing part which will act as the rabbit's hole; 3 – the "rabbit" comes up the hole, 4 – goes round the tree (standing part) right to left; 5 – and back down the hole