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is recommended only when no other means of raising
                or lowering a person is available. This knot sees very little
                use today, but it is a classic knot that all skilled knot tyers
                should know.




                Triple Bowline: Step 3                               Triple Bowline: Step 4                              LOOPS






























                Take the doubled end back down through the           The doubled end becomes the third of three
                loop.                                                loops in the finished knot. Adjust the size of
                                                                     the loops and tighten the knot.
                              gReeN    light
                   Although the triple bowline appears in boating
                 knots, it appears to have been developed by climb-
                   ers to anchor one rope to three different points.

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