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-" Also known as: CHA.IR war considerable strain. One loop is slipped over
loops that hold securely, even under
SPANISH BOWLINE
the casualty's head, around the back and under
TIlis is an extremely strong knot that is used by the armpits; the other loop goes around hoth
legs, just behind the knees. It is vital that each
firemen (when it is known as the chair knot), loop is adjusted to size and locked into position,
coastguards and mountain rescuers. Like the otherwise an unconscious casualty could easily
bowline on a bight, it is an ancient knot, which fall - perhaps to his or her death - through the
is formed of two separate and independent loops.
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