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

A Fasten-ating Guide to Knots for Every Adventure

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 indispensible 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

Author: Bob Holtzman
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 09/22/2015
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Spiral
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.05h x 6.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781615192762

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.