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This method is very robust. Suitable for learning how to tie the hitch. | This method is very robust. Suitable for learning how to tie the hitch. | ||
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|File: clove_1.png | |File: clove_1.png | ||
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|Take two bights of a rope next to each other (1) | |Take two bights of a rope next to each other (1) | ||
|straight rope with two arrows | |||
|File: clove_2.png | |File: clove_2.png | ||
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|Form loops out of them by rotating them counterclockwise (2) | |Form loops out of them by rotating them counterclockwise (2) | ||
|rope with two bumps and arrows pointing to twist the bumps | |||
|File: clove_3.png | |File: clove_3.png | ||
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|Form a hitch by moving the right loop over the left one without any rotation (3) | |Form a hitch by moving the right loop over the left one without any rotation (3) | ||
|rope with two loops | |||
|File: clove_4.png | |File: clove_4.png | ||
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|Pull a carabiner through the loops (4) | |Pull a carabiner through the loops (4) | ||
|clove hitch in the air with screw-gate carabiner being clipped into it | |||
|File: clove_567.png | |File: clove_567.png | ||
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|Tighten the knot by sequentially pulling the rope ends (5,6) and lock the gate (7) | |Tighten the knot by sequentially pulling the rope ends (5,6) and lock the gate (7) | ||
|loose clove hitch on unlocked hms carabiner | |||
|File: clove_final.png | |File: clove_final.png | ||
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|Inspect the knot and the carabiner gate (8) | |Inspect the knot and the carabiner gate (8) | ||
|clove hitch on a locked HMS carabiner with eye icon | |||
|File: clove_final_rainbow.png | |File: clove_final_rainbow.png | ||
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|Rope ends (pink) leave the knot in the opposing directions from inside of the loop underneath the carabiner (lime) | |Rope ends (pink) leave the knot in the opposing directions from inside of the loop underneath the carabiner (lime) | ||
|clove hitch on a locked HMS carabiner with differently colored rope sections | |||
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