{"id":1785,"date":"2018-08-28T10:57:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T09:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=1785"},"modified":"2018-08-28T10:57:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T09:57:40","slug":"killick-hitch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/outdoor-adventure\/knots\/hitches\/killick-hitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Killick Hitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1786 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_killickhitch_006-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Killick Hitch\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_killickhitch_006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_killickhitch_006-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_killickhitch_006-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_killickhitch_006-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_killickhitch_006.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How to tie a Killick Hitch<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to drag a log or trunk it will help immensely if you use a Killick Hitch. If you just use a Timber Hitch the log will try to swing round to bring the hitch to your end.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-765 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_007.jpg\" alt=\"Killick Hitch\" width=\"293\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_007.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_007-119x60.jpg 119w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_007-198x100.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Tie a Timber Hitch and take the rope down along the log.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_008.jpg\" alt=\"Killick Hitch\" width=\"265\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_008.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_008-110x60.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_008-183x100.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Take it around the log and then tuck it under itself.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-767 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_009.jpg\" alt=\"Killick Hitch\" width=\"266\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_009.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_009-116x60.jpg 116w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_009-194x100.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This forms a half-hitch. Now you can pull on the long standing end without the log swinging about.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-768 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_010.jpg\" alt=\"Killick Hitch\" width=\"307\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_010.jpg 307w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_010-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_010-126x60.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/knots_timberhitch_010-210x100.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"downloadbox\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/about-me\/links\/knots\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon_link.png\" alt=\"Link\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Useful Links<\/h4>\n<p class=\"downloadboxinside\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/about-me\/links\/knots\/\">A list of useful knot links<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"downloadbox\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/about-me\/downloads\/knots\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon_pdf3.png\" alt=\"PDF\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Downloadable Guide<\/h4>\n<p class=\"downloadboxinside\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/about-me\/downloads\/knots\/\">A list of downloadable knot guides and resources<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to tie a Killick Hitch If you want to drag a log or trunk it will help immensely if you use a Killick Hitch. If you just use a Timber Hitch the log will try to swing round to bring the hitch to your end. Tie a Timber Hitch and take the rope down [&hellip;]<\/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-1785","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1785","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=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1787,"href":"https:\/\/www.scoutingresources.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1785\/revisions\/1787"}],"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=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}