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besides being difficult to visually inspect, can slip or may even form a knot different from the one
intended. Do it right and remember, "Not neat knots, need not be knotted." In most cases, you set a
knot by working all its parts up tight, then tugging on the ends, or the end and the standing section.
A properly set and dressed knot (a)
looks neat and has all its parts pulled up snug.
Leave a knot loose or sloppily tied (b),
and it can come apart in a crisis.
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Starter Knots
Figure Eight Follow-Through,
prior to drawing up.
It's easy to be swallowed by the magnitude of the sport when you're first learning. How do cams
work? Is this nut placed right? Is this my braking hand? Am I tied in right?
The best thing is to go slow. Learn the rudiments one at a time, then as you become
