How to Hang A Pot To Cook
The best pot hook I've used is not one I invented, but an idea I sort of pilfered from a Canadian post card illustration.
You'll need a cross beam well over the fire; this can be a long thin dead standing tree well anchored in other trees or dug deep into snow. You'll also need a strip of cord or leather; the latter is best. Find another stick and remove the branches except one stub nearing the lower end amd another nearing the other. The lower stick stub must be pointed up; this is the hook your bail top will hang from.
Then simply wrap the leather around the cross beam and knot the hook shaft to the end of the leather.
The knot should be tight.
The cross beam should also be set so it wont roll and your thong unravel.
Having a cook hook makes removing a pot easy and saves your leather from scorches and failure.
