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The Field Guide to Knots: How to Identify, Tie, and Untie Over 80 Essential Knots for Outdoor Pursuits

Bob Holtzman

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The perfect knot can make any job quicker, easier, and safer--whether you need to build a shelter, tether a horse, rappel down a cliff, or moor a boat. In The Field Guide to Knots, veteran outdoorsman Bob Holtzman helps you:
  • Select and tie the right knot for any task
  • Identify and untie existing knots
  • Choose and maintain your rope, and more!
With more than 80 time-tested knots and more than 600 color photos, this Field Guide is indispensable for backpackers, climbers, sailors, anglers, hunters, equestrians--and anyone else who's ever needed to change a sail, reposition a climbing rope, or splice a tent pole!

Book Details

  • Publisher: Experiment
  • Publish Date: Sep 22nd, 2015
  • Pages: 192
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.05in - 6.50in - 1.00in - 1.15lb
  • EAN: 9781615192762
  • Categories: • Outdoor Skills• Water Sports - Sailing• Reference

About the Author

Holtzman, Bob: - Bob Holtzman has been writing about outdoor sports for more than 25 years. A former editor of boating and outdoors books for International Marine and Ragged Mountain Press, he is the author of The Camping Bible, Wilderness Survival Skills, and a series of boating books for children. He is president of Mythic Gear, a company that manufactures drysuits for boating and paddlesports. Holtzman lives in Maine, where he enjoys canoeing, camping, hiking, and writing the blog Indigenous Boats.

Praise for this book

A handy guide describing practical knots for outdoor enthusiasts.-- "Library Journal"
The text and illustrations are clear and precise.-- "Manhattan Book Review"