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    The rolling hitch is a knot (see also Magnus hitch) used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or another rope. A simple friction hitch, it is used for lengthwise...
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    made by tying a rolling hitch around the standing part after passing around an anchor object. Tension is maintained by sliding the hitch to adjust the size...
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  • The magnus hitch is a knot similar to a rolling hitch or clove hitch, used to tie a rope or line to a pole, spar, or another line. It is tied similarly...
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    or apart. The taut-line hitch and midshipman's hitch are more common for the same purpose. They are made of a rolling hitch around the standing part...
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    in the direction of taper, similar to the Icicle hitch, and it is much superior to the rolling hitch for that purpose. Make 5 turns around the object...
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    Knot (section Hitches)
    Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices: a hitch fastens a rope to another object; a bend fastens two...
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  • A hitch is a knot that attaches a rope to some object, often a ring, rail, spar, post, or perhaps another rope, as in the case of the rolling hitch. A...
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    types of hitch knots include the clove hitch, the timber hitch, and the round turn and two half-hitches. A simple mathematical theory of hitches has been...
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  • A friction hitch is a kind of knot used to attach one rope to another in a way that is easily adjusted. These knots are commonly used in climbing as part...
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    thus tighter; whereas in the Hedden (& rolling hitch) the loading tightens the coil at its far end. The icicle hitch was developed by John Smith of the International...
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  • hitching Ring bend (water knot) – for joining two ends of webbing together Ring hitch (cow hitch) – used to attach a rope to an object Rolling hitch –...
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  • Current: Beagle 4.1% Evolution Bitter 4.0% Expedition Pale Ale 3.8% Rolling Hitch IPA 5.2% Tall Ship Lager 4.1% Chocolate & Vanilla Stout 5.0% Historic:...
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  • different versions of the series spell the title differently—thus Hitch-Hiker's Guide, Hitch Hiker's Guide, and Hitchhiker's Guide are used in different editions...
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  • The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is the debut solo studio album by Roger Waters, bassist/songwriter and co-founder of English rock band Pink Floyd; it...
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    adjustable bend is a bend knot that is easy to lengthen or shorten. A rolling hitch is used to tie the end of each rope to the standing part of the other...
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    strain off the winch while the riding turn is cleared. Rolling hitch & similar friction hitches Binding knot – Knot used to keep objects together Reef...
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    [citation needed] Dr Giles Camplin, a student of airships, notes that a rolling hitch (#1735) is a more likely method used by ground handlers to join ropes...
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    A pipe hitch is a hitch-type knot used to secure smooth cylindrical objects, such as pipes, poles, beams, or spars. According to The Ashley Book of Knots...
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    to pioneering projects: Butterfly Loop Carrick Bend Rolling hitch Roundturn and Two Half Hitches Pioneering uses these basic lashings as a foundation...
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    (a rolling hitch tied around the other end) can also be used as an adjustable binding knot. Using a Farrimond friction hitch (tied like the hitch as the...
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    prevents a line from sliding past the opening in a fitting. Rolling hitch – a friction hitch onto a line or a spar that pulls in one direction and slides...
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    secured by pieces of wood". This can also prevent the timber hitch from rolling. The timber hitch is one of the few knots that can easily be tied in a chain...
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  • "Hitch Hike" is a 1962 song by Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label. Another song Gaye co-wrote (this time with Clarence Paul and William "Mickey"...
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  • Knot Reeving Eye Richland Rigger's Eye Ring Hitch Ring Knot Ring Splice Roband Hitch Rockdale Rolling Hitch Rose Knot Round Splice / Private Jose F. Valdez...
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  • Out of Our Heads is the third studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released in two editions with different covers and track listings...
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    The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in 1962. They have released 27 studio albums through 2023 and recorded 422 songs. The original lineup...
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    for some of his columns in Slate but lost out to Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone. Hitch-22 was short-listed for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award...
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    scrapped in 1962. Traverse a C1-M-AV1, was wrecked and scrapped in 1962. Rolling Hitch a C1-M-AV1, renamed MS Hoegh Aronde sank in 1963. She started leaking...
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  • Afternoon" (まどろみの午後, Madoromi no Gogo) 71. "Mucchan Fetishes are a Rolling Hitch" (むっちゃんの性癖がローリング・ヒッチ, Mutchan no Seiheki ga Rōringu Hitchi) 72. "That's...
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    parts in the commercially successful films 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and Hitch (2005). She starred in Ghost Rider (2007) and The Spirit (2008), both film...
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