Table of Contents

NOTE TO THE COUNSELOR
NOTE TO THE SCOUT
SAFE PIONEERING


ROPES AND POLES
Lashing Ropes and Pioneering Spars

Coiling and Throwing Rope
Types of Rope
Care of Rope
Preparing Manila Lashing Ropes
Get Pure Manila and Don’t Be Fooled
Making Rope
Poles for Pioneering
Basic Knot-Tying Terminology
Glossary of Knot-Tying Terms


PIONEERING KNOTS
PIONEERING KNOT Information

Clove Hitch and Half Hitches
Clove Hitch on a Bight
Butterfly Knot
Roundturn with Two Half Hitches
Rolling Hitch
Draw Hitch
Constrictor Knot
Carrick Bend
Water Knot
Timber Hitch
How to ALWAYS Tie a Square Knot Right


LASHINGS
LASHING Information

Mark II Square Lashing
Traditional Square Lashing
Diagonal Lashing
Round Lashing
Tripod Lashing
Floor Lashing


MISCELLANEOUS

Making Rope

SPLICING ROPE
Splicing Information
Back Splice
Eye Splice
Short Splice

Whipping Rope

Rope Tackle

Anchoring Pioneering Projects

Making a Trestle


CAMP GADGETS
CAMP GADGETS Information

Camp Table
Wash Station
Flagpole


PIONEERING PROJECTS
PIONEERING PROJECTS Information

Double A-Frame Monkey Bridge
Walkways
Single Lock Bridge
Single Trestle Bridge
Single A-Frame Bridge
4×4 Square Climbing Tower
Double Tripod Chippewa Kitchen
Four Flag Gateway Tower


Pioneering Resources
Acknowledgements