Knotsv1.0.0
My recent camping adventures required that I pickup a few knots for various tasks. This is my reference for the ones that I have memorized.
Nomenclature
- Standing end: the longer end of the rope.
- Tail end: the shorter end of the rope where most of the tying activity takes place.
- Loop: a round or oval structure made with the rope.
- Bight: a U-shaped structure made with the rope. You get this if you stop before completing the loop.
Basics
I learned these because they teach you the underlying principles of knots. Some of them are components of other more complex knots.
- Half Hitch
- Half Knot
- Square (Reef) Knot
- Overhand Knot
- Sheet Bend
- Figure 8
- Slip Knot
- Noose Knot
Camping
- Bowline End Loop: Securly tie a rope around an object or around a loop.
- Automatic Trucker’s Hitch: Tie tent guielines to objects or stakes especially when there isn’t enough rope to get back.
- McCarthy Knot: Tie tent guilines when there’s enough rope to come back to bowline knot or base of standing end.
- Figure 8 Bend: tie two ropes of same size together securely.
- Quick Release Jamp Knot: tie down blankets and tents for packing. Or a bunch of wood collected for burning.
- Coil Unattached Rope: Putting rope away for later use.
TODO
I still need knots for the following scenarios:
- Tying a loaded rope
- Tying food to a tree
Notes
Memory palace based on our summer house used to memorize the knots.