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anchorage point anglers anticlockwise counterclockwise bight binding knot bowline Bring the end Clifford Ashley climbers climbing rope clove hitch coil completed knot constrictor knot create diameter double overhand knot drawloop end back end beneath Ensure figure-of-eight figure-of-eight knot fisherman's knot front to back half hitch half-knot Harry Asher hawser karabiner knot tyers lanyard lashing left to right lefthand bight lefthand loop lefthand strand legs length of cord load locking tuck monofilament munter friction hitch natural fibre nylon overhand loop Pass the end plait braid polyester prusik knot reef knot reef square Repeat step right to left righthand loop rope or cord ROPEWORK round turn second loop secure short end slack sliding sling snug standing end stopper knot strong strop Take the end tape thicker thief knot tied tight tighten the knot trap triple Tuck the end Turk's head twin loops twine twist tying underhand loop whipping wrapping turns