- 1). Select a spot for the camp flag pole, ideally an area with plenty of open ground. It should not be in a high traffic area; you don't want people tripping over your support ropes.
- 2). Lay the wooden poles on the ground, parallel to each other, with about 4 feet of the poles overlapping. Secure the two poles together by using the rope to tie a clove hitch toward the bottom of the overlapping portions. Then lash the poles together by wrapping the rope tightly around the two poles about 15 times. End with another clove hitch. Cut the rope.
Repeat the lashing at the top of the overlapped part of the poles. Cut the rope. - 3). Cut two 12-inch segments of rope and reserve for securing the flag to the pole. Cut the remaining rope into two equal lengths.
Secure the long pieces of rope to the middle of the pole with a lark's head knot: fold the rope in half, pass the folded part of the rope under the pole, pass the ends of the rope through loop of the fold and pull tight. Repeat so that two lengths of rope are secured to the middle of the pole. - 4). Attach the flag to the top of the pole by threading the short pieces of rope through the flag's grommets and tying to the pole with square knots.
- 5). Next, stand the pole upright and have one person hold the pole in position. Stretch the ropes attached to the middle of the pole out in four different directions, forming a teepee shape. Hammer a tent stake into the ground about 8 feet from the pole for each rope and tie the ropes to the stakes. Use a taut-line hitch to tighten the ropes.
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