How to tie a bolan with a bite knot

[Nostahl]

http://gridrunneradventures.com/bolan-with-a-bite/

short and quick how-to on tieing a bolan with a bite. put this on your useful knot list

[tufhelp]

Hear is another lesson, no hands in the way...

http://www.animatedknots.com/bowlineboating/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.anima tedknots.com

They both seem to be shying away from the old rote message that is supposed to remind you how to tie this knot, it goes something like this:

The rabbit comes out of the hole and runs around the tree and goes back down the hole...

[rockymtngirl]

Hi - cool.

Tuf - I like that website - visual example like that is so helpful!

[flatwater]

I learned to tie the bolan in the navy one handed. I learned alot of other knots also but its the bolan I use the most.
flatwater

[galloglaigh]

In the climbing community, the bowline is rarely use, and I never allow any novice climber to use this knot.

The better knot is the figure 8 on a bight. Learning to tie this knot is much much simpler then the bowline, giving a stronger knot less likely to fail.

http://www.chockstone.org/TechTIps/F8Knots.htm

[pasto76]

"bowline"

have a good week!

[pasto76]

In the climbing community, the bowline is rarely use, and I never allow any novice climber to use this knot.

The better knot is the figure 8 on a bight. Learning to tie this knot is much much simpler then the bowline, giving a stronger knot less likely to fail.

http://www.chockstone.org/TechTIps/F8Knots.htm

the 8 on a bight is not a "stronger" knot. Both have are in the "high" efficiency range for knots...which is why _only_ the bowline and the figure eight (should be _retrace_ figure eight, not an eight on a bight) are globally the only knots acceptable for tie in to your harness for technical climbing.