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Originally Posted by masraum
Exactly my thought, you can't drop a bomb like "we haven't used the bowline as a rescue knot in years" without telling us what the replacement is.
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Lol. Sorry..
The figure 8 and it's many variations are our main go-to.
They are pretty much always our main tie-in knots. We have about five or six other different knots that are the primary ones we use, but a ton of others may come into play.
One of the issues with the bowline is security integrity, in that it can self loosen when load is removed. A figure 8 never will.
There are ways to secure a bowline a little better , one is what's called a "Yosemite finish" , which is a couple additional turns around the rope to secure it.
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