The simple and essential bowline. The bowline is an ancient knot. It dates so far back historians can’t even pinpoint who tied it first, but what makes it so impressive is that it’s as important and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A version of this story ran in The Virginian-Pilot on Sept. 14, 2005. Hurricane or no, we’re in for a blow. Time to start thinking about how to secure the woodpile or lash the garbage cans to a tree.

Do you know what a sheepshank is? How about a sheet bend, a carrick bend, a clove hitch or an Eskimo bowline? Not familiar with Western culture? Then perhaps you know the Pan Chang, Chinese button or ...

October 11, 2008 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google The one DIY skill most of you don't have (according to last weekend's poll) is the ability to tie a bowline ...

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 ...