KNOT TYING-STEADFASTNESS
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Mission Objective: To understand the importance of being steadfast in living up to God’s expectations while discovering the steadfastness of knots and knot tying.
Meeting 1: COMMITMENT / Introduction & Bends Meeting 2: DEPENDABILITY / Rope Material & Hitches Meeting 3: FAITHFULNESS / Rope Care, Loops & Shortenings Meeting 4: RELIABILITY / Specialized Knots |
MISSION Videos:
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KNOTS CAN FAIL!
even the ones that you know are secure. Here are three examples: (two can kill you) |
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Meeting/Session 1 (11:27 minutes)
INTRODUCTION & BENDS Listen to the hymn written by Phillip Bliss that was inspired by the same story of Meeting 1's Council Ring:
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Meeting/Session 2 (10:59 minutes)
HITCHES |
Meeting/Session 3 (9:56 minutes)
LOOPS & SHORTENINGS |
Meeting/Session 4 (9:26 minutes)
MORE HITCHES & BENDS |
Taking It Beyond the Mission
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ONE-HANDED BOWLINE
There are plenty of knots worth knowing. One of the best is the One-Handed Bowline. Teach it to yourself and to your Battalion. Knowing how to tie it by instinct saved a young man's life as he stood in a glacier-fed river holding onto a tree root after being flipped from a canoe while shooting rapids. |
MODIFIED TRUCKERS HITCH
This knot is used for securely tying down loads, but this variation makes it especially useful for constructing shelters around camp. |
