Clove hitch: Difference between revisions

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=== One-hand method ===

Non-crucial, but handy once you have only one hand free.

Non-crucial, but handy once you have only one hand free. Always use the hand at the site that the gate is facing.

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|File: clove_onehand_0.png

|100px

|Start with a rope through a carabiner with the gate pointing right

|File: clove_onehand_0_w_hand.png

|100px

|grab the rear rope strand by your right hand from the left side, thumb pointing down

|File: clove_onehand_1.png

|~~86px~~

|100px

|~~Start with a rope through carabiner by grabbing~~ the ~~strand further from you with your thumb pointing down and rotating it~~ into a thumb-up position (1)

|Rotate the hand into a thumb-up position, making a loop (1)

|File: clove_onehand_2.png

|~~140px~~

|163px

|~~Note that the rope is crossing the front string now, thus making a loop.~~ Open the gate ~~and pull~~ the rope through it (2)~~. The~~ rope string coming from ~~the hitch~~ should go behind the carabiner ~~in this step~~

|Open the gate by pulling the rope through it (2), the rope end-string coming from top of your hand should go behind the carabiner.

|File: clove_onehand_3.png

|~~140px~~

|163px

|After pulling the rope through, the gate ~~should close~~ itself automatically (3)

|After pulling the rope through, the gate closes itself automatically (3)

|File: clove_onehand_456.png

|~~98px~~

|114px

|Seat the knot by sequentially pulling the rope ends (4,5) and lock the gate (6)

|Seat the knot by sequentially pulling the rope ends (4,5), and lock the gate (6)

|File: clove_onehand_7.png

|~~86px~~

|100px

|Inspect the knot and the carabiner gate (8)

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 === One-hand method ===
-Non-crucial, but handy once you have only one hand free.
+Non-crucial, but handy once you have only one hand free. Always use the hand at the site that the gate is facing.
 {{#invoke:FlexGallery|gallery_with_widths
+|File: clove_onehand_0.png
+|100px
+|Start with a rope through a carabiner with the gate pointing right
+|File: clove_onehand_0_w_hand.png
+|100px
+|grab the rear rope strand by your right hand from the left side, thumb pointing down
 |File: clove_onehand_1.png
-|86px
+|100px
-|Start with a rope through carabiner by grabbing the strand further from you with your thumb pointing down and rotating it into a thumb-up position (1)
+|Rotate the hand into a thumb-up position, making a loop (1)
 |File: clove_onehand_2.png
-|140px
+|163px
-|Note that the rope is crossing the front string now, thus making a loop. Open the gate and pull the rope through it (2). The rope string coming from the hitch should go behind the carabiner in this step
+|Open the gate by pulling the rope through it (2), the rope end-string coming from top of your hand should go behind the carabiner.
 |File: clove_onehand_3.png
-|140px
+|163px
-|After pulling the rope through, the gate should close itself automatically (3)
+|After pulling the rope through, the gate closes itself automatically (3)
 |File: clove_onehand_456.png
-|98px
+|114px
-|Seat the knot by sequentially pulling the rope ends (4,5) and lock the gate (6)
+|Seat the knot by sequentially pulling the rope ends (4,5), and lock the gate (6)
 |File: clove_onehand_7.png
-|86px
+|100px
 |Inspect the knot and the carabiner gate (8)
 }}