Somerville Bowline Rope Tutorial - Crossed Ankles

Описание: You will need to know how to tie a non-cinching single column tie if you get into rope, and this tutorial is a great place to start. This video will demonstrate how to tie the Somerville Bowline single column hitch with crossed ankles. In another I tie to a single ankle, and in a third, a stomach.

A 'single column' can mean a leg, an arm, a stomach, or two legs tied together acting as one column. So a 'single column tie' means tying to a single column.

We begin ties frequently on the wrists or ankles, and if they get tighter as they are pulled against, that could be very dangerous on those vulnerable areas. This Somerville Bowline hitch is non-cinching, meaning no matter how hard you pull on it, it is not going to get any tighter.

This specific hitch is also good to use with nylon rope material's smoother texture. There are quite a few different single column tie variations, and some that are fine to use with the rougher texture of natural fiber ropes are unsafe to tie with the slipperier texture of the nylon. The Somerville Bowline is good to use for both synthetic as well as natural fiber ropes.

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The Somerville Bowline single column tie was created by Topologist of crash-restraint.com in 2009. He says it is not actually a Bowline but is based on ABOK 1445 (or also known as the Myrtle Hitch). It is intended to “combine the speed of the Portuguese Bowline with the compactness of the French Bowline - and it was invented in Somerville.”

It is one of the most popular ties taught that is not Japanese-based.