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Summary: Rescue someone with a bowline knot that has a loop on the end of a rope. Learn how to tie bowline knots for rescuing people in this free knot tying video from an Eagle Scout.
John Stewart is an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America and has instructed boy scouts on climbing, outdoor skills, pioneering, wilderness survival and kayaking for the past nine...read more
"Hi, this is John Stewart and this is how to tie a bowline knot. A bowline knot is used to put a loop in the end of a rope that can be used for rescuing people. Making a fixed loop in the rope that's not going to come undone. That you can anchor around something. You see this knot used a lot by people who are rescuing others. In water scenarios in case somebody rapid flow water. You can throw the loop out to them. People whose down on a hill in a cravat you can throw this loop down to them. They can put in around them. Under their armpits and then you can then lift them out cause it's knot won't come undone if tied properly. To tie this knot you're going to take one tag end put a loop in it. OK, come up with your other tag end and you're going to come up through the loop around the back of the other tag end. To where it goes around the back of it and then back down through the hole and then you just want to pull all that tight and then cinch it down and there's your loop and that's the knot that's not going to come undone. To where you can throw this out to somebody and help them and that's how to tie a bowline knot."
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