Knowledge of the best camping knots is not only useful when it comes to setting up hammocks or seeing to tent repairs, it'll enhance your proficiency in terms of your general outdoors life. Spending ...

Learn how to tie a Bowline on a Bight and use it safely with this clear, step-by-step guide. This knot creates a secure loop ...

Lineman Guide (Boise, Idaho) provides charts, pictures and how-to’s for transformers, rigging, knots, rope capacities and more. Conductor formulas, general formulas, calculators for rigging-sling ...

Commercial fishermen use lines, or ropes, for a variety of purposes. Boat anchors, nets and buoys all need to be secured and safely managed. A working knowledge of knots is a necessity. If you open a ...

For many of us, untangling our earbuds is the extent of our survivalist knot knowledge. Tying knots is just for sailors and mountain climbers, right? Turns out, there are a few simple knots that you ...

As a sailor, I'm supposed to know how to weave lines into pretzels of strength. But, truth be told, knots have always been a source of frustration. I find the instructions for their creation confusing ...

All belay lines must be connected dorsally to a Class 3 harness. All knots require safeties. Two-tensioned rope systems solve all problems. All technical rescues and trainings that were conducted over ...