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Figure 18a A girth hitched Bowline. It Figure 18b
begins from a girth hitch
/larks head. Compare its
structure to the water bowline
at figure 10.
The girth hitch is also the base
structure for tying mirrored
Bowlines (see fig 19 below).

Girthed hitched Girthed hitched
bowline bowline
[Detail view]
[Conventional view]

A mirrored Bowline. It
begins from a girth hitch
/larks head. There are 2
collars – similar in
Figure 19a concept to the Janus Figure 19b
variant. There are also 2
nipping loops.

The structure has 3 rope
diameters inside each
nipping loop. Although it
is secure and stable – this
author doubts that
climbers and/or rescue
teams would use it –
simply because it is
convoluted.

3 rope diameters
within the nipping
loop

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Mirrored bowline Mirrored bowline
[Detail view] [Conventional view]

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