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LOOPS

         Figure-eight loop
                                                                            KNOT SCORE
         There’s a definite advantage in basing a knot on an established favourite   Strength


         – particularly when it’s a simple knot such as the figure-eight. If all else   Security
         fails, and you can’t see the rabbit for the trees (see bowline, page 112), the   Diffi culty Tying
                                                                            Diffi culty Untying

         figure-eight loop will see you out of a tight spot. Use it for just about
                                                                            Usefulness
         everything you’d use a bowline for.






















         1 Tie a figure-eight in the standing   2 Feed the working end back   3 ... then over the standing part and

         part. Pass the working end back   through the knot, passing fi rst under   back round again.
         through the last loop, leaving plenty   itself and the standing part...
         of slack behind.
























         4 The working end should emerge   5 Adjust the loop,
         next to the lower leg of the loop.  and tighten the knot.







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