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6

Method

Taketheendofone

ropeandformaloop

overthestandingpart,

securingitwiththeleft

hand(1).Forma

secondloopwiththe

otherrope,passingit

undertheeyeofthe

previousloop,thenover

thestandingpartand

behindtheendofthat

loop(2).Inserttheend

ofthesecondropeinto

theloopofthefirst;

thenpassitbehindits

ownstandingpartand

drawit outoftheloop

(3.4).Pullboth

standingpartsat the

sametimetotightenthe

knot(5.6).