{"id":6092,"date":"2020-05-19T07:11:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=6092"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:19","slug":"how-to-tie-the-highwaymans-hitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=6092","title":{"rendered":"How to Tie the Highwayman\u2019s Hitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trailmeister.com\/how-to-tie-the-highwaymans-hitch\/?utm_source=MailingList&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=mid+MAY+2020+general\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6093\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/thh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/thh.jpg 701w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/thh-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">How to Tie the Highwayman\u2019s Hitch<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled post-meta\">\n<li>May 7, 2020<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trailmeister.com\/how-to-tie-the-highwaymans-hitch\/?utm_source=MailingList&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=mid+MAY+2020+general\"><strong>How to tie the HIGHWAYMAN\u2019S HITCH \u00a0\u2013 Knot Tying Instructions<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Highwayman\u2019s hitch\u00a0is a quick-release hitch\u00a0used for temporarily securing a load that will need to be released easily and cleanly, such as your horse! The hitch can be untied with a tug of the working end. The highwayman\u2019s hitch can be tied in the middle of a rope, and so the working end does not need to be passed around the anchor, or rail, when tying or releasing.<\/p>\n<p>Steps to Highwayman\u2019s Hitch<\/p>\n<p>1 \u2013 Double your rope to make the first bight in the rope and place the bight behind your rail.<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2013 Make a second bight in the standing line and pass that bight through the first bight<\/p>\n<p>3 \u2013 Take the working end and make a third bight.<\/p>\n<p>4 \u2013 Pass the third bight through second and pull on the standing line to snug the knot.<\/p>\n<p>The knot holds with tension on the standing part and can be released with a tug on the working end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trailmeister.com\/how-to-tie-the-highwaymans-hitch\/?utm_source=MailingList&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=mid+MAY+2020+general\">And here\u2019s the video on\u00a0How to Tie the Highwayman\u2019s Hitch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Tie the Highwayman\u2019s Hitch May 7, 2020 How to tie the HIGHWAYMAN\u2019S HITCH \u00a0\u2013 Knot Tying Instructions The\u00a0Highwayman\u2019s hitch\u00a0is a quick-release hitch\u00a0used for temporarily securing a load that will need to be released easily and cleanly, such as your horse! The hitch can be untied with a tug of the working end. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-campfire","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6095,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092\/revisions\/6095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}