This weekly challenge shall extend through the holiday break. To claim your prize (2 bonus points!), be prepared to demonstrate your skill upon return to class in January.
For Seniors: Tie FOUR knots, bends, or hitches, including either the carrick bend or the blood knot. [Cadet Trevor Coleman is ineligible for this challenge.] Congratulations to Cadet Justin "Lunch Bucket" Lucchese who successfully tied BOTH the blood knot and the carrick bend, as well as a square knot and an overhand knot. When he tied the carrick bend, he looked like a little kitten playing with a ball of yarn--which is why I have a dog.
For Juniors: Tie THREE knots, bends, or hitches, including the triple overhand knot, and either the clove hitch or the bowline.
For Sophomores: Tie any THREE knots, bends, or splices recognized in a published reference.
For Freshmen: Tie both a square knot and a fisherman's knot.
Incidentally, the WOD for 20 and 21 December is esoteric. Esoteric is an adjective meaning hard to understand; known only to the chosen few. Example: The New Yorker short stories often include esoteric allusions to obscure people and events. For today only, the first cadet of whatever class to find me and tell me the WOD will receive a prize of one bottle of water.
