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 ...

Learn three different ways to tie a bowline, the King of Knots. We will show you how to tie a bowline knot diagram. The bowline (pronounced bo-lin) is the single most important knot for all outdoors ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These are the 11 knots all outdoorsmen and women need to know. Knowing how to tie a knot has long been one of the most important ...

Falling from the top of a rock face with only a thin rope standing between you and oblivion is an unnerving experience made somewhat less so by the extreme reliability of modern climbing gear. “The ...

Learn how the Inuit Bowline, Kalmyk Loop, and Lariat Loop work and why these rope techniques are useful for quickly securing a rope to an object. This guide explores their structure, key differences, ...

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Knowing a few good knots can be a big help when you’re in the bush, and for canoeists, the bowline is the perfect knot to use when dragging. Once across Attikamagen Lake, we began traveling up a ...