I think I found the second one the most interesting. It was a double half hitch but wasn't tightened down...this was holding the tent up
1) I don't think (but you were there...) that the rope is doing such work;
rather, that the webbing/tape/strap(ping) is the workhorse --and, as Derek
notes, it can be under MUCH load (wow, it can really feel tight!)!
2) It must also be remarked at the Scaffold-hitched attachment
being to this apparently loose loop of what seems like Two Half-Hitches
(of a bight) !?
So, really, what were the ropes doing, exactly, and the tape?
Perhaps the latter holding most force and the structure (
skeleton)
with the former the cover put over this (the
skin) ?
Thanks,
--dl*
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ps: This is sort of a
Knots in the Wild post.