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Saturday, July 14, 2007

Campcraft Skills Journal Entry

10 july 2007
Hours completed:1.5 hours
Participants(not confirmed): Andy, Jun Han, Chun Yong, Azhri, Jonathan, Aslam, Samuel, Zhi Yang, Jeremy, Tarang, Yi Wei


We did lashings today. We revised round lash and square lash. We also learnt how to tie two new lashings: sheer lash and gyn(tripod) lash, which were taught by Jun Han and Andy. We also learnt the purpose of each lashing.

round lash:
-used to tie two parallel poles together
-combine two poles together to form one long pole(flagstaff)

square lash:
-used to tie two poles together which meet at a right angle

sheer lash:
-used to tie two poles together which meet at an acute angle

gyn(tripod) lash:
-tie three or more parallel poles together
-tie three poles together to form a tripod stand

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