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Index

A cords, viii, xi, xiii, 1, 3
alpine butterfly, 103–5 cotton, 1
anchor (fisherman’s) bend, 62–63 cow hitch (pedigree), 28–29
animal fiber, 1 cow hitch (simple), 27
Asher’s bottle sling, 118–19
Ashley’s stopper knot, 43 D
double bowline, 56–57
B double constrictor knot, 74–75
Bachmann hitch, 78–79 double fisherman’s knot, 90–91
back splice, 114–15 double overhand knot, 42
backup knots, xi, 2 double sheet bend, 15
bends, boat, 44–48 draw hitch, 66–67
bends, camping, 13–15
bends, climbing, 87–94 E
bowline, 52–53 English knot, 89
bowline on a bight, 54–55 Englishman’s knot, 89
braided ropes, 2 eye splice, 113
breaking strength, 3, 86
bull hitch, 30–31 F
bungees, xiii figure 8 bend, 94–95
buntline hitch, 64–65 figure 8 double loop, 98–99
figure 8 follow-through, 96–97
C figure 8 knot, 10–11
camel hitch, 68 figure 8 knot with draw loop, 12
camping knots, 6–39 figure 8 loop, 16–17
carrick bend, 44–45 figure 8 triple loop, 100–101
climbing knots, 78–109 fisherman’s bend, 62–63
clove hitch, 24 fisherman’s knot, 88–89
clove hitch on a ring, 25 flax, 1
clove hitch on a stake, 26
coconut shell fibers, 1 G
common whipping, 116–17 Garda knot, 83
constrictor knot, 73 girth hitch, 81
cordage, viii, ix, x, xiii, 1–4 grass, 1

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