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Bowline Knot

Bowline Knot
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.
 
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Step 1Materials needed

Materials needed
Materials needed...

- rope
-hands
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Feb 6, 2012. 10:12 AMUggswhiteguy says:
I would use the term for the "rope", to be Paracord or 550 (Five-Fifty) Cord. One thing I borrowed from the Army when I left was a big spool of the stuff.
Jan 27, 2012. 10:54 AMJobar007 says:
This is a good thing to know how to do with either hand. Before my grandfather would allow his children and their friends to go hiking with him in the Arizona mountains, he would have them demonstrate how to tie this knot with either hand and their eyes closed. It really is a good thing to learn.

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Author:ThatKnottyguy
I LOVE knots. As well as other things. I post random 'Ibles not even related to knots.