Knots Booklet
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A short booklet from the British Mountaineering Council on knots, describing advantages, disadvantages, uses and advice for each of a collection of basic practical knots for mountaineering. Illustrated with diagrams.
TitleKnots Booklet
Corporate author
Place of publicationManchester
PublisherBritish Mountaineering Council
Year of publicationcirca 1995
Pagination15 p.
IllustrationsIllus., colour photographs, black and white drawings and diagrams
Dimensions14.7 x 20.9 cm
Materialbook
Class numberGV200 .B7 1995
ISBN0-903908-90-5
NotesThe International Guild of Knot Tyers Collection
Contained a letter (one sheet) from Eric Franklin, then president of the IGKT, to the British Mountaineering Council, regarding their booklets and regarding his criticisms of this booklet's description/naming of certain knots. Letter now removed and filed in black folder labelled 'IGKT and Des Pawson library'.
Contained a letter (one sheet) from Eric Franklin, then president of the IGKT, to the British Mountaineering Council, regarding their booklets and regarding his criticisms of this booklet's description/naming of certain knots. Letter now removed and filed in black folder labelled 'IGKT and Des Pawson library'.
Subjectknots and splices, ropes, Mountaineering