{"id":1773,"date":"2018-08-28T10:33:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T09:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=1773"},"modified":"2018-08-28T10:39:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T09:39:41","slug":"cow-hitch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/outdoor-adventure\/knots\/hitches\/cow-hitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Cow Hitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to tie a Cow Hitch<\/h2>\n

Double a length of rope to form a bight. Pass this bight up through the ring or around the pole (from back to front). Make sure the bight is nice and wide and sits either side of the long ends that you are not using (standing parts)
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\"CowPull the standing parts up through the bight.\"Cow<\/p>\n

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\nPull tight.
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How to tie a Pedigree Cow Hitch<\/h2>\n

If only one end of the rope is going to take some strain you can use a Pedigree Cow Hitch.<\/p>\n

Repeat as above. Now take the end of the rope and pass it between the bight and the ring.<\/p>\n

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Pass it all the way through and then pull on the standing part to secure the knot.<\/p>\n

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\"Link\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Useful Links<\/h4>\n

A list of useful knot links<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"PDF\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Downloadable Guide<\/h4>\n

A list of downloadable knot guides and resources<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to tie a Cow Hitch Double a length of rope to form a bight. Pass this bight up through the ring or around the pole (from back to front). Make sure the bight is nice and wide and sits either side of the long ends that you are not using (standing parts) Pull the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1759,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sidebar-on-left.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1773","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1777,"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1773\/revisions\/1777"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}