V27 Knots and Lashings

Castle Crags 1999

Key

R = Ranger core requirement
CL = Climbing elective

Basic Knots

Overhand knot
Square knot
Sheet bend (R)
Clove hitch (R)
Bowline (R)
Timber hitch (R)
Taut-line hitch (R)
Two half hitches (R)

Intermediate Knots

Figure eight (CL)
Figure eight follow through (CL)
Figure eight on a bight (CL)
Stopper knot (CL)
Bowline on a bight (R)
Bowline on a coil (CL)
Fisherman’s knot (R)
Water knot (CL)
Grapevine knot/Double Fisherman’s knot (CL)

Specialty Knots

Alpine Butterfly
Cleat hitch
Trucker’s hitch
Turkshead knot
Prussik
Swivel hitch
Monkey’s Fist
Mooring hitch
Munter hitch
Inline figure eight

Lashings

Round
Square (R)
Shear (R)
Diagonal
Raft