Bowline Knot

by ThatKnottyguy in Outside > Knots

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Bowline Knot

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This is the bowline... often used as a rescuing knot.
If you are drowning, and someone throws you a line...
tie this knot on yourself, and you can have someone pull you in.
This is for tying it around yourself.

Materials Needed

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Materials needed...

- rope
-hands

Getting Started.

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Wrap it around you
Hold the rope the whole time.
go over the rope in your left hand. (While still holding the rope the whole time).
Then back under. then up, as shown in the third pic.

Tying

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Now, using the rope on the right. wrap it around the left ONCE. Then pull through the loop

Done!

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Now, you can Survive!!