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Learn three different ways to tie a bowline, the King of Knots. We will show you how to tie a bowline knot diagram.
Want to learn how to tie a bowline knot? Here's a step-by-step guide (including photos and videos) on how to tie this essential knot.
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 ...
This is a short video to help those who have seen many of my past videos where I use a bowline knot. This is the most useful knot you will ever learn. It will not slip when in use, and comes ...
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.
From the bowline to the backpacker's hitch, learn how to tie the perfect loop knot for your next backcountry camp setup.
Regardless of what your crusty climbing partner says, using the bowline knot you learned in Boy Scouts to connect yourself to a rope is asking for trouble.
Ease of Tying The double-loop bowline and the trace-8 are complicated knots that require practice. As Clifford Ashley noted in his 620-page The Ashley Book of Knots, "A knot is never 'nearly right ...