VIEW VIDEO: Simple Flagpole Raising Demonstration
Several campcraft skills come into play in order to successfully complete this Simple Flagpole challenge. Each patrol flies their patrol flag from a 14′ flagpole they construct using the following materials:
- four Scout Staves (or 3 Scout Staves if their patrol flag is already tied to a 5′ pole)
- six 6-foot x 1/4-inch lashing ropes
- three 15-foot dining fly guylines
- three long stakes
- one mallet
On signal, each patrol flies their flag by:
- joining the staves together with round lashings
- attaching the three guylines about 3/4 the way up from the bottom with roundturns with two half hitches or rolling hitches
- hammering in the three stakes forming an equilateral triangle
- tying the guylines at the stakes with taut-line hitches
- adjusting the tension on the lines to securely hold their flagpole in a vertical position
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