Outdoor Knots
A Folding Guide to Essential Outdoor Knots
Author: James Kavanagh, Leung Raymond and Waterford Press Series: Outdoor Recreation and Survival
Outdoor Knots provides simplified step-by-step tips on how to tie some popular knots including those used for boating, fishing, climbing and camping. This 12-panel folding guide is an excellent source of information that can be used to solve a variety of outdoor challenges.
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Outdoor Knots provides simplified step-by-step tips on how to tie some popular knots including those used for boating, fishing, climbing and camping. This 12-panel folding guide is an excellent source of information that can be used to solve a variety of outdoor challenges.
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Knots have three practical purposes, to attach a rope to another rope, to attach a rope to an object or to allow a rope to perform a function. All knots have multiple uses. This guide provides simplified step-by-step reference on how to tie the most popular outdoor knots including those used for boating, fishing, climbing and camping. Learn a variety of ways to tie on to a post or rail, join lines together, shorten ropes, stop a line from running, bind materials together and rigging popular climbing and fishing knots. This lightweight, pocket-sized folding guide is an excellent source of portable information that can be used to solve a variety of outdoor challenges. Made in the USA.
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About the Author
Zoologist Jim Kavanagh has made a career out of introducing novices to plants, animals, the sciences and world cultures. In addition to creating over 500 simplified nature guides, he has also authored guides to languages, cities and outdoor skills. An avid traveler and backpacker, Kavanagh's path has taken him around the world to many remote destinations including the upper Amazon, Africa, Australia, and the Arctic Circle (and this is just the As). He is also the author of a series of state-specific guides to common species and natural attractions and a children's book on evolution.
Knots have three practical purposes, to attach a rope to another rope, to attach a rope to an object or to allow a rope to perform a function. All knots have multiple uses. This Duraguide
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