🪢 Four useful knots
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Four knots cover almost every situation: tying, securing, tensioning and joining.
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- Bowline: makes a fixed loop that doesn't tighten or slip. For tying yourself in, securing a load or rescuing someone.
- Clove hitch: quickly ties a rope to a post or a tree, and it's easy to adjust and undo.
- Taut-line hitch (adjustable tension): for tightening the guylines of a tarp or a clothesline and retightening them.
- Double fisherman's knot: joins two ropes, even of different thicknesses.
- Practice them at home until you can tie them without looking, even with your eyes closed: in an emergency it'll be cold, you'll be in a hurry or there'll be little light.
Safety
- Climbing, rappelling or rescue at height require training and specific equipment.
Source: Mountaineering and sailing manuals