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

  1. Standing end: the longer end of the rope.
  2. Tail end: the shorter end of the rope where most of the tying activity takes place.
  3. Loop: a round or oval structure made with the rope.
  4. 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.

  1. Half Hitch
  2. Half Knot
  3. Square (Reef) Knot
  4. Overhand Knot
  5. Sheet Bend
  6. Figure 8
  7. Slip Knot
  8. Noose Knot

Camping

  1. Bowline End Loop: Securly tie a rope around an object or around a loop.
  2. Automatic Trucker’s Hitch: Tie tent guielines to objects or stakes especially when there isn’t enough rope to get back.
  3. McCarthy Knot: Tie tent guilines when there’s enough rope to come back to bowline knot or base of standing end.
  4. Figure 8 Bend: tie two ropes of same size together securely.
  5. Quick Release Jamp Knot: tie down blankets and tents for packing. Or a bunch of wood collected for burning.
  6. 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.

rope palace