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bow line 30-Nov-2006 At 1:13:36 PM Richard

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On 30/11/2006 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>On 29/11/2006 simey wrote:
>>The fact that there are lots of stories about bowlines coming undone,
>>yet I've never heard one story of a fig-8 untying would probably indicate
>>what is the more bombproof knot.
>
>I've heard plenty of stories about alien abductions, so I guess that means
>that it's true. The only stories I've heard of bowlines coming undone was when they were tied incorrectly, which means that they weren't bowlines.

now now now kiddies, no fighting in the main street of nati...

I don't read a lot of US mags but just about every second one I do seems to have a story about some yank's bowline coming un done .. not sure why their affinity with this knot as a tie-in seems to be as great as their affinity for guns, but both of these loves of the US are killing them quite well...

For me (trad climbing) the entire purpose of the knot is for it's function while tied .. so I choose a knot which is least likely to get tied wrong and fail its primary (only?) function .. ( a figure 8).