Page 108 - Geoffrey Budworth, Jason Dalton "The Little Book of Incredibly Useful Knots"

Bowline on a coil

Climbers may use this cordage arrangement as an emergency harness of last resort. The

discomfort inherent in hanging by it could be somewhat reduced by pulling one of the waist
wraps down to form a primitive seat; but anyone suspended by it for too long runs the risk of
being dangerously squeezed.

Wrap the rope four times around the waist (1)—although, on a short rope, two or three turns are

sufficient—then tuck a loop from the standing part of the rope up beneath these turns (2). Pass the
working end down, around the standing part, and back up to tuck through the top of the loop (3).
Tighten the knot (4) and then secure the end by tying it around some or all of the waist turns.