Bushcraft: How To Tie An Evenk Hitch

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The Evenk hitch shown in the video above is a really useful knot for quickly attaching a fixed line to an upright such as a tree - ideal for quickly pitching a tarp. It's also useful for setting up a hanging line under your tarp (see http://frontierbushcraft.com/2012/04/... for tips on how to get organised under your tarp).

When you need to air your sleeping bag in the morning, you can use this hitch to string up a bit of paracord between two trees in the sunshine (use a round turn and two half hitches or a taut tarp hitch at the other end). Similarly it's useful for even popping up a quick drying line in camp when you come to wash your clothes on extended wilderness trips.

The knot tied is effectively a slippery figure-of-eight knot with the added feature of a quick release.

Used by the Evenk reindeer herders of Siberia, this knot developed as a quick way to tie off reindeer to trees without needing to expose your hands to the cold for very long, tying other fiddly knots.

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