Using Guy Lines on your Tent

What is a guy line used for?

What do you need to look for on your tent or rain fly to secure your guy line to?

What kind of knot do you use to attach your guyline to your tent or rainfly?

• round turn two half hitches

• clove hitch

• tautline

• bowline

If your tent guy lines do not have a tensioner, what type of knot would you use?

• bowline

• taut line hitch

• round turn two half hitches

• clove hitch

Explain the steps to create tension in your taut line hitch

When using a guy line tensioner, where do you create your loop?

• closest to the standing part of the rope

• closest to the running end of the rope