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| category = Hitch
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| strength = rope: slipping ~35% (specific cases), breaking 45-60%<ref name=hownot2>{{Cite AV media | first1=Ryan | last1=Jenks | date=4 September 2024 | title=Could you survive with just 2 carabiners? | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG7W83zHowQ | publisher=HowNOT2 | access-date=16 August 2025}}</ref>
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Garda hitch is one of the elementary hitches for creavase self-rescue. It is very versatile hitch, yet its application scope is limited by its unidirectional nature and possible safety issues in some cases.
Garda hitch is one of the elementary hitches for creavase self-rescue. It is very versatile hitch, yet its application scope is limited mainly by its unidirectional nature and in some cases by possible safety issues.


== Tying ==
== Tying ==

Revision as of 09:55, 16 August 2025

Garda hitch
Use(s)(self-)rescue techniques, material hauling
ProsFast, simple, just two carabiners needed
ConsIt goes only one-way and its almost impossible to release when loaded, can slip in specific cases
CategoryHitch
Strengthrope: slipping ~35% (specific cases), breaking 45-60%[1]

Garda hitch is one of the elementary hitches for creavase self-rescue. It is very versatile hitch, yet its application scope is limited mainly by its unidirectional nature and in some cases by possible safety issues.

Tying

TODO

Steps description: TODO

Slippage

TODO

References

  1. Jenks, Ryan (4 September 2024). Could you survive with just 2 carabiners?. HowNOT2. Retrieved 16 August 2025.