| 31. | The double bowline is commonly used by sport climbers who take multiple lead falls and then have trouble untying their figure eights.
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| 32. | The rope is tied into the climber's harness with a figure-of-eight loop or double bowline knot.
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| 33. | These knots include the bowline, double figure eight, munter hitch, munter mule, prusik, autoblock, and clove hitch.
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| 34. | It is advertised by the French Federation of Speleology as a safe alternative to the " bowline on a bight ".
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| 35. | The knot can be further improved by adding two bowlines around a person's body to create a three-point harness.
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| 36. | To address these shortcomings, a number of more secure variations of the bowline have been developed for use in safety-critical applications.
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| 37. | Whereas the standard bowline knot loops the working end around the standing part, the Eskimo bowline loops it around its own descending part.
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| 38. | Whereas the standard bowline knot loops the working end around the standing part, the Eskimo bowline loops it around its own descending part.
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| 39. | A bowline is needed for holding onto the kayak in bad conditions, as is a towline, and for attaching bottom and sea anchors.
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| 40. | Sometimes a knot is intentionally capsized as a method of tying another knot, as with the " lightning method " of tying a bowline.
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