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New England Coil

When the rope is simply being transported from one
place to the next, stowing it into a durable and closed
coil is important. The use of rope bags and buckets
might make transport quick and easy, but rope coiling
is an important part of learning to use a rope.
The New England coil wraps the rope in single
strands, so they can easily be deployed into an initial
rope stack at the base of a climb. There is no need to
keep track of the initial rope end once all the coils
are aligned. The entire closure involves the final rope
stack. And the shape of the coil means that the rope
can be carried under the brain of a backpack or
between a climber’s head and the backpack (sitting
atop the backpack straps).

To form a New
England coil, fold
single strands
of the rope back
and forth across
your neck and
shoulders. Each
loop should be
the same size as
the previous loop.
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