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Climbing Knots: Loops

large ship and into a boat below). For use with
a conscious person, one loop goes around
each leg and the person being lowered holds
on to the rope. The loops are easy to adjust
during tying, since the rope moves freely
through the knot.
On the downside, the ease of adjustment
of the loops means the final knot must be set
very tight before use or the loops could alter in
size when the knot is weighted. Since better
methods of attaching people to ropes have
been developed, such as pre-sewn chairs, it

Spanish Bo w l Spanish Bowl
XXine: Step 4
XXine: Step 3

Reach through the right-hand
XXX Bring the left loop through the
XXX
loop and grasp the left-hand right loop.
loop.

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