Commercial fishermen use lines, or ropes, for a variety of purposes. Boat anchors, nets and buoys all need to be secured and safely managed. A working knowledge of knots is a necessity. If you open a ...

For many of us, untangling our earbuds is the extent of our survivalist knot knowledge. Tying knots is just for sailors and mountain climbers, right? Turns out, there are a few simple knots that you ...

During an access and evacuation drill, my team and I climbed 130 feet up a water tank. We then climbed another 30 feet to the tank’s domed top to remove an “ill worker.” The usual wind conditions were ...

The bowline is an ancient knot. It dates so far back historians can’t even pinpoint who tied it first, but what makes it so impressive is that it’s as important and useful today as it was to mariners, ...

Team building exercises with ropes are a good way to encourage critical thinking and communication as well as build cooperation and trust between employees. Activities using ropes involve low physical ...