The Mariners Load The Mariners Load Releasing HitchReleasing Hitch

• Required Materials:• Two Large Carabiners• One 60” Rescue Runner• One Dissimilar Carabiner

Clip one end of the rescue runner Clip one end of the rescue runner into a large carabinerinto a large carabiner

Run the opposite end through Run the opposite end through the second carabinerthe second carabiner

Continue back through the first Continue back through the first carabinercarabiner

Pull carabiners 8”-10” apart and Pull carabiners 8”-10” apart and begin to wrap the rescue runner begin to wrap the rescue runner around the two parallel strandsaround the two parallel strands

Wrap around the parallel Wrap around the parallel strands a minimum of four timesstrands a minimum of four times

Pass the end of the rescue runner Pass the end of the rescue runner between the two strands near the between the two strands near the

second carabinersecond carabiner

Attach the dissimilar carabiner to Attach the dissimilar carabiner to the end of the rescue runnerthe end of the rescue runner

Attach the dissimilar carabiner to Attach the dissimilar carabiner to the second carabinerthe second carabiner

To transfer a load - Start by unclipping To transfer a load - Start by unclipping the dissimilar carabiner & re-clipping it the dissimilar carabiner & re-clipping it

around the parallel strands.around the parallel strands.

Slowly unwind the wraps which Slowly unwind the wraps which transfers the loadtransfers the load