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 APPENDIX A – KNOTS

• Follow Through Overhand Knot (Water Knot) . . . . . . . . . . 579
• Girth Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
• Double Fisherman's Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
• Triple Fisherman's Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
• Stopper Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
• Overhand Knot and Overhand Follow Through Knot . . . 581
• Figure Eight Follow Through Knot [With Extra Pass] . . . 582
• Prusik Knots.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
• Bowline Knot.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
• Butterfly Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585
• Blocking Knot [Slippery Overhand with Overhand Backup] . 586

Knots in Text

• Clove Hitch . . . 78
• Carabiner Clutch (Garta Knot). . 84
• Munter Hitch . . . . . . . 120
• Clove Hitch [For Self Belay] . . . . 126
• [Traditional] Clove Hitch . . 127
• Bowline on a Bight . . . 194
• Load Release Knot . . . 198
• Prusik Combined with Load Release . . . 202
• Slippery Overhand . . . 321
• Girth Hitch . . . 361
• Bokman Knot (Carabiner Ratchet) . . . 385
• Bowline on a Bight Follow Through . . . 426

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