Hot answers tagged bowline-knot
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The bowline knot is very safe if loaded correctly. This is the usual, safe way to load it:
The chair foot is the body (sorry for not offering naked models), the part of the rope leading away from the picture will take the load. In this use case the knot should hold perfectly. On the other hand, you might get the idea to use the bowline knot to create a ...
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In the context of rock climbing, compared to a figure-8 knot, bowlines are:
About as strong under ideal circumstances
BUT:
Can come untied on their own when unloaded
Are more difficult to visually inspect (important, because climbers frequently rely on partners to check their knots, and may be tying and untying knots when they're tired and / or ...
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