New Approaches with Knot Tying

The Michoacan knot finds specialty application among tree climbers.  It's classified as a closed friction hitch. Here are some variati...

I prefer to make the bowline in this fashion. Note how the process starts with a bight, loop and bight. The top bight is inserted into t...

There are occasions where a Blakes hitch will lock-up with a heavy climber.  This illustration is exploring a possible counter measure.  The...

I'm evaluating the Palomar knot as a climbing knot.  There are reports of it being a strong knot.  It's a bight of rope that makes a...

One knot makes an overhand knot.  The other makes a Fig-8.

There are hazards to avoid with some knots. The Slip Knot Dilemma: A common practice is to use a slip knot to back-up a new climber.  The...

This provides a set of instructions to made simple knot graphics. Take a photo using white colors.  Upload to Picasa. Picas has tools ...