The student will demonstrate a basic understanding of rope and rope hardware and software; tying of basic knots, and the use of various rope accessories to construct mechanical advantage systems ...

Knowledge of the best camping knots is not only useful when it comes to setting up hammocks or seeing to tent repairs, it'll enhance your proficiency in terms of your general outdoors life. Spending ...

Rope rescue techniques are the dominant skill set needed to effect a rescue in most technical rescue scenarios. As with any rope operation, organization of the rescue operation combined with rope ...

During an access and evacuation drill, my team and I climbed 130 feet up a water tank. We then climbed another 30 feet to the tank’s domed top to remove an “ill worker.” The usual wind conditions were ...

Lineman Guide (Boise, Idaho) provides charts, pictures and how-to’s for transformers, rigging, knots, rope capacities and more. Conductor formulas, general formulas, calculators for rigging-sling ...

Learning how to tie your shoelaces all those years ago sure has come in handy, and there are even more knots that can make ...

The 'Surrey Six' is a collection of ways to tie rope that, for most people, are the only six knots you'll ever need. Agnes Stamp tries her hand at tying them, and looks in to the lore of knot tying.

Thomas Jefferson once said "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." But what if you don't know how to tie a good knot? Not to worry. For his latest Sunday School lesson, ...