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BENDS

Jamming bend
KNOT SCORE
Occasionally, you might want to attach a line to the bight of another line Strength
using a proper bend, rather than just a hitch-bend (eg the slackline bend, Security
opposite). That might sound impossible, as most bends are formed using Diffi culty Tying
Diffi culty Untying
the ends of both lines. The jamming bend gets around that problem with
Usefulness
a rather ingenious twist – quite literally!

1 Take two turns with the working 2 Pass the working end under its 3 Pull the working end and twist the
end of one line around the bight of own standing part, in the same other line simultaneously to create a
the other line. direction as the two turns. pair of interlocking loops.

4 Tighten the knot. Although the
end of the blue line is visible here,
the knot has been tied in the bight,
without using the end.