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- Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Date: Sunday, 27 Dec 1992 00:28:15 CST
- From: MATT HUNSAKER <U61474@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Message-ID: <92362.002815U61474@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Newsgroups: rec.scouting
- Subject: Hangman's Noose
- Lines: 20
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- I'm pleased to see that rec.scouting is serving scouting again. The last time I
- read, it was overwhelmed with articles from people who disagreed with the
- policies of B.S.A. Nice to see scout stuff again.
-
- About the hangman's noose, I learned how to tie it back when I was a scout, by
- reading it out of a book. Scouts can find it there too. A knot is a knot.
- I disagree with the "don't teach this not, they will go out and hang them self"
- post. I'f this were the case, we would ban axes, knives, and fires because of
- the potential for misuse.(ie. if you teach them to build fires, they MIGHT
- start a forest fire.) If you refuse to teach the hangman's noose, I'll bet
- that some scout will find it in a book and show every scout they know.
-
- As for the square knot, it is commonly used to join the ends of rappelling
- seats,( by the U.S. Rangers), with an overhand on either end. It is quite a
- bit easier to tie in the field in a variety of situations where your hands are
- gloved or wet, etc. Fancy knots that are incorrectly tied= fatal mistakes.
-
- Teach scouts ALL the knots you can, because they may find a use for it on down
- the road.
- -Matt
-