What is the best way to tie a ridgeline, pictures?
What is the best way to tie a ridgeline, pictures?
More info needed.
What kind of ridgeline? Ridgeline for a tarp? or structural ridgeline for a hammock? Tying to what? Rings?
Structural ridgeline between rings:
I like the double-fisherman's loop.
tarp ridgeline to around a tree
I use figure 9's.
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Might be some good info in this thread.
Siberian Hitch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiBbktmCGXo
I'm not sure what the knot is called in this video, but it's used to add tension to the line. The one I use on one end is at 22 seconds in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw3lL-ofBcE
Tarp has short lengths of cord off the ridgeline pulls that I tie a prussik knot to the ridgeline with.
I used to use figure 9's, but it always took me forever to get the tarp hung up to my satisfaction.
Taut-Line Hitch. Easy to tie, holds well, and adjustable.
Check out Animated Knots for great examples of how to tie the most used knots.
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Trucker's Hitch all day long. I can't remember the last time I ties a Tautline Hitch.
But be careful with this hitch, you can break something...
Here's an OK vid: http://tinyurl.com/truckershitch
2nd that..fast and easyOriginally Posted by Ramblinrev
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Agree, that is a winner, I use it a lot. But there are several other fine choices. So many that, once I got re-acquainted with them, I stopped fooling with my fig 9's, though many folks love those. They are great, but it was so easy for me to do a knot or a wrap, it was just one more thing for me to keep up with. Maybe I'll try them again sometime soon.
Other winners: a slippery truckers hitch
http://www.animatedknots.com/trucker...matedknots.com
( be careful applying to much tension which might abrade your line or damage the tarp- watch that 3-1 leverage).
A round turn and a slippery half hitch, http://www.animatedknots.com/roundtu...matedknots.com
Or a a Speer 4 wrap knot, but I don't think you need all 4 wraps. ( see Speer book or web sites). These all work just fine, and there are probably others.
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