Step 1

 

Form a half-hitch at the top of the probe.  Wrap the rope so that the free end crosses OVER the load-bearing strand.  This is a basic principle in all hitches.

Leave about four feet of rope to finish the probe knot.

 

About 4 feet of extra rope to the end

 

Free end of rope
(running strand)

 

To stack pulley
(Loaded strand)

 

 

 

RETURN TO TIP

 

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