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Figure Eight Fisherman's Knot, about to be set.
Ring Bend.
Munter Hitch.
Prusik Knot.
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Knots
You could make a life's work out of studying knots, as there are some thirty-nine
hundred recorded. Fortunately, climbers need bother with only thirty-five, and that's not as bad as it
sounds. Only nineteen are independent designs; the remaining sixteen are variations.
What follows are those knots and how-to illustrations. For most knots, common uses and secondary
uses are given. The common uses are the ones the knots excel at. The
