Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The simple and essential bowline. The bowline is an ancient knot. It dates so far back historians can’t even pinpoint who tied it ...
A version of this story ran in The Virginian-Pilot on Sept. 14, 2005. Hurricane or no, we’re in for a blow. Time to start thinking about how to secure the woodpile or lash the garbage cans to a tree.