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TRIPLE BOWLINE
Purpose
Recalling my earlier caution about improvised chair knots, this will
accommodate a leg through each loop and provides a third one to go around the
person’s chest beneath their armpits. Each loop must be painstakingly adjusted to
the right size.
Tying
Make a long bight in the rope and simply tie a common bowline with the
doubled portion of line (figures 1–2). As no end is involved, this is another of
those handy knots that is tied in the bight.
Knot lore
The triple bowline was shown me by the Canadian climber Robert Chisnall.
As can be seen from the boxed example above of the common bowline (page
70), the triple bowline is tied in the same manner.
