There are two basic tie-in knots climbers should be familiar with: The figure-eight follow-through, or “trace eight,” and the double bowline with a back-up. Heather Weidner, pro climber, explains the ...
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Spanish bowline knot: How to tie it + when to use it
Learn how to tie the Spanish Bowline knot with an easy step-by-step method, plus a clear explanation of when to use it for secure, balanced loop applications. This knot is especially useful for rescue ...
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Scott’s locked bowline: secure bowline loop knot variant
Learn Scott’s Locked Bowline, a secure bowline loop knot variant that adds extra safety while keeping the classic bowline’s ...
J.D. Lenzen, the inventor of fusion knotting, explains knot tying in 15 levels of difficulty, from easy to complex. J.D. starts from the very beginning, with overhead, bowline, and square knots, and ...
The Arctic explorer Sir John Ross brought an Inuit sled back to England. On that sled the rawhide lashing were tied in knot similar to the bowline illustrating that this variant knot’s history does ...
Pity the double bowline--it's gotten a terrible rap.starting in 1989 when Lynn Hill took a 70-foot groundfall when her partly tied bowline pulled free of her harness. But, still, for decades thiis was ...
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