Knot does not move freely on fixed rope. Click to view video 3. Bowline on a coil - The bowline on a coil is utilized to secure a climber to the end of the climbing rope. Minimum of three wraps parallel to each other and laying between the hipbone and lower set of ribs. All coils touch and are tight enough to ensure that a fist cannot be inserted between the wraps and the body.
Wraps are free of clothing.
Three distinct coils show through the bight of the bowline. The rope coming off the bottom of the coils is on the right side, forward of the hip and forms the bight and the overhand knot. The rope coming off the top of the coils is on the left side, forward of the hips and forms the third and final coil showing through the bight of the bowline. Bowline is centered on the gig line. Belaying is a method of applying friction to the rope to control the amount of rope that is payed out or taken in.