What are the best knots to know for hammock camping?
If you list a knot, could you list a link detailing it and its purpose?
Thanks!
What are the best knots to know for hammock camping?
If you list a knot, could you list a link detailing it and its purpose?
Thanks!
The ones that come to mind are:
*this list is not complete, and knots appear in no particular order*
Bowline Knot
Clove Hitch
Trucker's Hitch
Prussik Knot/Lark's Head - The lark is the same, with only one loop
Garda Hitch
Figure 8 Knot
Double Fisherman's Knot
Constrictor Knot
Monkey's Fist Knot - Decorative knot, but good for making pulls
Unattached Coil - For storage
Anchor Hitch
Taut-Line Hitch
Icicle Hitch
As for when/where to use them...that's up to the situation. Maybe others will chime in and list knots I've forgotten (or don't know!)
Last edited by angrysparrow; 02-26-2008 at 09:01. Reason: added some knots
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Here's a great discussion on knots:
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ighlight=KNOTS
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
Only need to know one:
Do Knot go to ground...ever.
Trust nobody!
Amen brother.Originally Posted by Cannibal
Only need to know one:
Do Knot go to ground...ever.
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
Only need to know one:
Do Knot go to ground...ever.
Grizz
My humor is much better now that I'm unemployed and homeless.
Trust nobody!
That's a long list. I use many of those and one good thing to know with knots is how to make them slippery, or quick release, when you are going to have to untie them after they have served their purpose.
I primarily use a slippery bowline, a multi-wrap finished with 2 half-hitches (the 2nd one slippery), a slippery double sheet bend, and a clove hitch. Sometimes I use taut line hitches, Prusik wraps/knots, a water knot, or a trucker's knot. There is another I use for tying stuff sacks to suspension lines, I think it is called a highwayman's hitch.
You have to be careful of what knots you use where and with what type of rope or webbing. Some knots don't hold well with some materials but hold fine with others. Likewise some knots release well with some materials but you will likely never get them to release with other materials.
Youngblood AT2000
Particularly by accident while obeying the law of gravity!Only need to know one:
Do Knot go to ground...ever.
round turn and two half hitches (second slipped) - used to attach hammock strap to tree or tarp line to tree
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