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It isn't just the knot you choose, it's also how you tie it. I see guys from time to time tying a running bowline in such a way that as the strain takes up the knot won't choke. The side you tie it on can make all the difference. It isn't rocket science, but taking a moment when rigging to...

Yeah, well spotted Nick. It's not my first rodeo at the treehouse, I signed up as imagineero a few years back but due to some glitch in the software it wouldn't let me have it, then wouldn't let me use the email address I used for signing up either :-( I dutifully signed up again not long...

I think all the knots are just as fast to tie when you're familiar with them. For me it's the running bowline for general lowering off duties and I'll usually tie it by itself on rough barked limbs. I don't like to leave much of a butt, and I like to flush cut on the first cut on removals, not...