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Learn the Water Bowline with a Yosemite finish, a strong bowline variant designed for extra security while keeping the loop easy to untie after loading. This tutorial breaks down how to tie it cleanly ...

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 ...

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 ...

June 11, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Tugboat bowlines, fisherman's knots, sheet bends. The best knots are named for their jobs on the ocean, but they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The simple and essential bowline. The bowline is an ancient knot. It dates so far back historians can’t even pinpoint who tied it ...