Don't have the time to do a video or sequential diagrams but
... words can work, but we must sharpen them.
essentially it involves forming a crossing knot,
To clarify : the line runs around 2nd pole,
turns around itself,
goes *back* around pole,
pulling excess slack out of the the line between the two poles
by pulling the tailing/working end towards the "fixed end" pole
then pulling back away from it,
inverting the crossing knot over the top of the "tensioning end" knot's pole.
to be hauled upon (towards 1st pole)?
I'm lost, now, with
"then pulling back away from it"[= 1st pole]?! For one thing, that seems like a LOT
of pulling back --i.e, maybe I'm e.g. a half-metre from
the 2nd pole in tensioning it by pulling towards 1st,
and now to "pull back" I must cover all that ground
(with slack!) and then again (the extent of material
in my grasp) before I gain tension in the opposite
direction. !?? --something's not right, here.
Also, I find that in the first pulling, if it takes enough
material --there's an issue re initial tension--, the
crossing knot will be capsized --a familiar sort
of thing, e.g., with rockclimbers belaying : they are
pulling IN for a
following ("2nd") climber but if
she falls, she pulls OUT and flips the
mezzo barcaiolo
(Munter hitch).
This effectively cinches taut the "standing" line between the two poles/spars.
Hmmm, weil, something I tried did work, around
my finger; but a smooth pole I think will see the
structure rotate, if one releases the tail.
.:. I think another stab at words is needed,
but we should be closer, now. Thanks,
--dl*
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