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Tiable In the Bight (TIB)… Either End Loadable
Some TIB Bowlines may be ‘either-end-loadable’ (EEL) – meaning that either end of the
rope could function as the SPart. An example of a TIB Bowline that is EEL is #1080
Bowline on a bight.

The structure at left is shown with a tail. Note
that Ashley originally intended that there are 2
 SParts – which also means 2 nipping loops – and
no tail.

This TIB Bowline is ‘EEL’ (either end loadable).
ABoK #1080
Bowline on-a-bight

Not loadable
at this end

This TIB Bowline is not ‘EEL’.


ABoK #1010 (with ‘Yosemite tail finish’)
aka Yosemite Bowline

‘IPatch’ (IGKT forum) discovered that this
 structure is TIB in Dec 2012.

It is a double eye version of an ‘Eskimo Bowline’ –
although this moniker has been criticized by some –
as it may be considered derogatory toward the Inuit
people).
This author considers these types of structures to be
categorized as ‘Anti-Bowlines’.

The structure is also ‘EEL’.

As an exercise, try discovering additional Bowlines that are TIB by reverse engineering.

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