Rock Climbing UK » Bowline Knot http://rockclimbinguk.co.uk UK, Online Rock Climbing Magazine, by Climbers for Climbers Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:13:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The bowline climbing knot http://rockclimbinguk.co.uk/the-bowline-climbing-knot/ http://rockclimbinguk.co.uk/the-bowline-climbing-knot/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:56:10 +0000 Gareth Hanson http://rockclimbinguk.co.uk/?p=276 The bowline climbing knot is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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]]> I’m told the bowline (pronounced ‘bow-lin’) is often used by cavers as it is a really quick climbing knot to tie your climbing rope to your harness, and easier to undo than the figure of eight climbing knot. In fact, it can be used whenever a loop at the end of a rope is needed.

Unlike the figure of eight knot, you don’t need to tie anything before threading it through your harness loops. There’s a video here, showing you how to tie it, although I would highly recommend that if you plan to use this knot to tie into your harness that you leave plenty of rope for a triple stopper knot (just to be sure).

This guy explains it in the same way as I have been taught. The rabbit comes out of his hole, around the tree and back into the hole again – brilliant!

The bowline climbing knot is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

If you liked this post, you might also like:

  1. The figure of eight climbing knot
  2. Climbing rope: the essential beginners guide
  3. Climbing equipment review: Mammut “Passion” climbing rope

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