A good way to remember how to tie this knot is "left over right, right over left." The backpacker's hitch is one knot that backpackers like to use to secure a clothesline, tent or hammock around a ...

We reached out to Richard Hopkins, author of several knot-tying books and a demonstrator ... attaching tent guylines to stakes, anchoring a hammock to a tree, hauling gear or logs behind you ...