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Outings Committee Presentation EXPLORE, ENJOY AND PROTECT THE PLANET Innings educational meetings Newsletter Take action Conservation Membership Please stay muted throughout the presentation Navigating Zoom Keeping

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Outings Committee Presentation

“EXPLORE, ENJOY AND PROTECT THE PLANET”

Innings educational meetings… Newsletter… Take action… Conservation… Membership…

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Navigating Zoom

Click “Participants” and “Chat”

  • Please stay muted throughout the

presentation

  • Keeping your camera on will help

keep everyone engaged

  • We encourage your questions! Please

type them in the Chat box.

  • We’ll ask for a show of hands in some

parts of the presentation.

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Rename yourself by hovering over your name and clicking “Rename”

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A couple more details before we start…

Interact by responding to polls

Do not use full screen view

To best view the knot tying demonstrations, select “Speaker View”

We are recording this webinar, but your picture will not appear

Speaker View

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Knots

At the end of your rope? There’s a knot for that!

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Your Presenters and Moderators

Nancy Ball AKA Dreamkeeper  Summit Trek & Travel  Planning and leading trips since 2005 Barry Randall AKA Aardvark  Sierra Club Miami Group Outings Chair  Camping and hiking for 50 years

Denise Tingle AKA Pippi Longstocking  Sierra Club Miami Group Hiking Chair  Camping and hiking for 45 years

Bryan Wolf AKA Iceman  Co-owner Roads Rivers and Trails  First backpack was a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail

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Behind the scenes SuperStar Nicole Wolcott

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Why is knowing how to tie knots important?

Poll # 1

  • A. Great way to impress my

friends at parties!

  • B. A good knot does its job –

holds, slips or slips when you want.

  • C. Knot tying looks good on

my resume.

  • D. A proper knot is simple,

therefore quicker to tie.

  • E. A well-tied knot is easier to

untie with wet rope and cold hands.

  • F. Oops, I thought this was a

class in auto repair….

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Which is more likely to hold? Which would you rather untie?

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Knots

A good knot will hold, will do the job needed, and will easily come untied when you are ready. Learn a few useful backpacking knots, and know them well!

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Types of Rope

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Parts of a Rope

BIGHT: A bend in the rope LOOP: Crossing the rope over itself WORKING END: The section of rope available to work with STANDING END: The section of rope unavailable to work with OVERHAND LOOP: Working end crosses over the standing end UNDERHAND LOOP: Working end passes under the standing end

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Square knot

Useful for tying two ropes together to make a longer rope.

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Practice time!

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Clove Hitch

Useful for tying off to a pole or tree, for a bear hang, ridge line, clothes line, etc.

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Practice time!

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Two Half Hitches

Useful for tying line to a tarp, or tying up the loose end of a clove hitch.

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Practice time!

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Questions…

We’ll pause a moment here to answer one or two questions.

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Taut line hitch

Useful for attaching guy lines to tent stakes. Sliding knot that can be tightened.

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Practice time!

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Bowline

For a loop that won’t slip. Useful for bear bags, or as a rescue knot.

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Practice time!

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Sheet bend

Useful for tying two ropes of unequal size together to make a longer rope.

INSTRUCTIONS With two ropes: Make a bight with the bigger rope and take the smaller rope in the other hand. Put the smaller rope up through the bight, wrap it around the back of the big rope, and pull it through the loop you just made. KNOT INFORMATION

  • Alternative to square knot, where ropes of

unequal diameter may slip.

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Practice time!

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Knot Variations

Quick Release Most knots can be tied “quick release”… just pull to unravel Doubled line Most can also be tied with the line doubled… avoid pulling 20’ of line through a knot

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Practice time!

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What’s the best knot to tie a loop around a person?

Poll # 2

  • A. A sheet bend if you have

two unequal size ropes.

  • B. Two half hitches so you can

cinch it down tight and they won’t fall out.

  • C. A taut line hitch so you can

adjust the size of the loop.

  • D. A bowline or bowline on a

bight so the loop doesn’t tighten.

  • E. It depends… are they a

friend?

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Bonus! Secure Boot Tie

  • 1. Start with a surgeon’s knot, simply an overhand knot that’s wrapped through one

extra time.

  • 2. Start as you would to tie an ordinary bow.
  • 3. Complete the bow but keep an opening beneath the bow.
  • 4. Loop the right hand ear of the bow around and through that opening.
  • 5. Pull both loops tight. March with confidence that you’ll never have to bend over

with a full pack to tie your boots again.

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Practice time!

Remember to select “Speaker View”

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How did we do?

We hope you’ve learned some new useful knots, or better understand which knots to use when. How many new ideas did you get today? Poll #3

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

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Miami Group Sierra Club

https://miamigroup.org/ https://www.meetup.com/SierraOutings/ miami group (cincinnati middletown dayton) sierra club Roads Rivers and Trails

Independently owned outdoor outfitter 108 Main St., Milford, Ohio #DreamPlanLive www.roadsriversandtrails.com @RRT50

Summit Trek & Travel – For Adventure Travel

To be added to mailing list, email Nancy at: summittrektravel@yahoo.com summit.trek.travel

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If you are enjoying this webinar series, please consider a small donation to Miami Group Sierra Club https://miamigroup.org/donate/

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Explore…Enjoy… Protect

► Join us! ∙

Become a Sierra Club Member: Member

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Make a donation: https://miamigroup.org/donat e/

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Join our MeetUp https://www.meetup.com/Sier raOutings/

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Become a volunteer: https://miamigroup.org/volunt eer/

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Become an Outings Leader

► Share your experience and

passion

► Make great friends ► Enjoy the camaraderie

► Outdoor Activities:

https://miamigroup.org/outd

  • or-activities/

► Find all our Virtual School Topics

here: https://miamigroup.org/virtual- backpack-training/

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Questions…

We will try to get to all the questions in the chat box. If you’d like to ask your question live, raise your hand and we’ll unmute you.