How to tie a bowline around your waist

Here is a simple tutorial on how to tie a fixed loop around your waist using the bowline knot. Enjoy

[@hebdomadist]

That knot saved my life once….literally….I tied it old-style …you know…. the crocodile or the rabbit or some such critter diving into the pond ,going around the tree and back out again…..I was transferring between two ships up in the Bering SEa and the ladder broke and I was dead-weight on 1/4” poly….amazed the line didn’t break…and I lived to tell the tale…yes, your way of tying the knot is easy more elegant…thanks!

[@perryfire3006]

That was a close one. Happy you lived to tell the tale!

[@WahrheitMachtFrei.]

You should do the tug-boat bowline as a life-saver for someone else in an emergency. It'd be good with your pov camera.

[@perryfire3006]

Something to consider for sure. I also have other techniques on how to quickly secure someone without a harness. Thanks for the thought.

[@aaronm9353]

Are you aware of the ‘snap’ bowline technique whereby you use a slip knot as the initial building block and then pass the working end back through the loop? I’ve not seen the arm-wrap you’ve demonstrated here before (if I had to tie a bowline the normal way in this kind of situation-before discovering your video, at least-I would likely use both hands to create the overhand loop in the standing end and proceeding to finish the knot as usual) and it’s pretty slick, but I’d bet you can tie the snap bowline even quicker.

[@perryfire3006]

Check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp3dhYarnsl1d6c I think we are talking about the same method. Cheers

[@HitManSicarioGuns]

If you’re gonna teach how to tie it slow the training down your going entirely to fast to process the steps

[@perryfire3006]

Go to settings and reduce the speed. Make sure you mute the sound as it sounds weird. Good luck

[@HitManSicarioGuns]

@@perryfire3006 thanks