Syllabus:

Rope types and qualities

Knot terminology

Knots, hitches and bends

• basket hitch, girth hitch, half hitch, clove hitch, trucker’s hitch, tensionless hitch
• overhand, double overhand, figure-8, figure-8 on a bight, figure-8 follow-through
• bowline, 2-loop bowline, butterfly, uni-directional 8
• prusik, taughtline, muleknot
• figure-8 bend, sheetbend, double sheetbend, carrick bend

Hardware

• carabiners, screwlinks (maillon rapide)
• pulleys, tackle
• pickets
• log tongs

Mechanical Advantage

• levers (class 1, 2, 3)
• rollers & windlass
• 2:1, 3:1, reverse 3:1, 4:1
• complex 5:1
• directionals and CDs
• 8:1 pig rig (lineman’s rig)
• compound 6:1, compound 9:1, bat-wing 9:1

Anchor Systems

• natural (tree, rock)
• opportunistic (building, vehicle)
• artificial
• picket holdfasts
• log & picket
• transom (log and trees)
• log deadman

Hoists

• come-along (cable & rope)
• chain fall
• gin pole
• lashing & guys
• shears (A-frame)
• tripod
• derrick
• jinniwink

Cribbing