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Index

H M
half hitch, 22 manila, 1
hangman’s knot (noose), 20–21 midshipman’s hitch, 60–61
hard-laid ropes, 2, 113 monkey chain, 124–25
heat sealing, 3 monkey’s fist, 122–23
heaving line knot, 8–9 moving hitches, camping, 34–39
hemp, 1 Munter (Italian) hitch, 80
highwayman’s hitch, 66–67
hitches, boat, 62–74 N
hitches, climbing, 78–86 natural fibers, 1, 2, 12, 19, 33, 44
hunter’s (rigger’s) bend, 87 nomenclature, xii–xiii
noose, hangman’s knot, 20–21
I noose, simple, 19
interlocking loops, 109 nylon, 1, 51, 92
International Guild of Knot Tyers, ix,
11, 29, 31 O
overhand knot, 6
J overhand knot with draw loop, 7
joining lines, 44–49, 87–95 overhand loop, 18
jute, 1
P
K pile (post) hitch, 72
kernmantle, 2 pole hitch, 70–71
killick hitch, 38 polyethelene, 1, 46
klemheist knot, 82 polypropylene ropes, 1, 62
knife lanyard knot, 120–21 post hitch, 72
prusik knot, 84–85
L
laid ropes, 2, 113, 114 R
leather, 1, 46 reef knot, 13
lines, 1 rigger’s bend, 87
lines, joining, 44–49, 87–95 ring hitch, 121
liquid whipping, 2 rolling hitch, 69
loop knot, 102 rope ends, x, xi, xiii, 2, 3
loops, boat, 50–61 ropes, 1–2
loops, camping, 16–21 round turn & two half hitches, 86

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