Knowledge of the best camping knots is not only useful when it comes to setting up hammocks or seeing to tent repairs, it'll enhance your proficiency in terms of your general outdoors life. Spending ...

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 ...

“Man on Wire” star Philippe Petit was welcomed by a packed auditorium for his discussion about his new book “Why Knot?” on Sunday at the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Each member of the ...

When it comes to climbing, don’t underestimate the power of a well-tied knot. The importance of knots in climbing for both safety and efficiency can’t be overstated. The best climbers are those that ...

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 ...

Lindsey Philpott leaned over the lifelike female mannequin, modestly draped in a white sheet, and wrapped a cord around its ankles. He explained his knots to jurors as he wove the red polypropylene ...

From bow ties and shoelaces to sailing boats and climbing ropes, knots are not only very useful for our daily lives, but for mathematics too. Researchers have reported a new mathematical operation to ...

Pity the double bowline--it's gotten a terrible rap.starting in 1989 when Lynn Hill took a 70-foot groundfall when her partly tied bowline pulled free of her harness. But, still, for decades thiis was ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Arthur Beale, a small inconspicuous shop that sits on the edge of Covent Garden in Soho, describes itself as ...