Camp Craft

CAMP CRAFT SKILLS WE HAVE LEARNT IN 2014

Knots

1. Bowline
2. Butterfly knot (Stopper knot)
3. Fisherman's knot
4. Thumb knot
5. Half Hitch
6. Clove Hitch (Tie this using the Mickey Mouse)
7. Reef knot
8. Slip knot

Lashings

1. Sheer lashing

**Take note that the guy lines used in tent pitching consists of a slip knot, half hitches and a butterfly knot.


Tent pitching skills

1. Construct the skeleton
2. Tie bowlines on all 4 corner rings and 2 middle rings of the inner sheet
3. Pull and peg the 4 corners
4. Pull and secure the 4 corners
5. Pull and secure the 2 middle rings
6. Peg the 4 corner rings and 2 middle rings of the outer sheet
7. Pull and secure the 4 corners and 2 middle rings
8. Lay out the ground sheet
9. Roll and tie the 4 flaps tightly
10. Cut any excess twine and pick up the extra pegs

**Make sure that the tension is good when pulling and securing the inner and outer sheets

Please edit the above information is necessary, and insert your name in brackets) next to anything you are unsure of. Thank you :)

- Isha (Xin Yi added in some stuff after AC)