Have you ever pitched a tent and couldn’t seem to make your flysheet perfectly balanced among the four corners? The reason? Uneven tension on the guy lines. The Tautline Hitch is an adjustable knot which allows you to easily vary the tension of a line without retying. As such, it useful in situations whereby the length […]
Category Archives: Ropework For Hiking
Alpine Butterfly
It may seem controversial that the next knot i introduce after Bowline and Round Turn Two Half Hitches is Alpine Butterfly. The reason so is to be as practical as possible. I want to be sharing the knots which i commonly use while camping. Not by the order of a book. And the Alpine Butterfly is one which […]
Round Turn Two Half Hitches
This is the knot i used the most frequently while camping. It called the Round Turn Two Half Hitches. It basically a knot used to tie an end of a rope onto something, for example, a pole or a tree. The advantages of using this knot is that it is very secured under a lot of stress, yet […]
King Of The Knots – Bowline
Bowline The bowline is nicknamed “King of the knots” due to its simplicity and multiple applications. It is also called a rescue knot. The bowline ties a fix loop onto the end of a rope. Under tension, the knot never slips. This means that the loop at the end of the rope “never changes […]