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Uses: lifting large, heavy loads

Pros: secure, adjustable size loops, unties
readily

Cons: loops can shift

40. Eskimo Bowline

Uses: lifting, pulling, safety; may be used as a
hitch

Pros: very secure, especially in slippery rope

Cons: tricky to tie and fair

41. Bowline on a Bight

Uses: lifting, hauling, safety, climbing

Pros: very secure and strong, easy to untie,
can use one or both loops

Cons: insecure if both standing parts are not
loaded

42. Spanish Bowline

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