Make sure the double fisherman’s knot used to close the Prusik loop stays out of the way: for the first pass, use the end of the rope that’s opposite the double fisherman’s knot.

The double-loop bowline and the trace-8 are complicated knots that require practice. As Clifford Ashley noted in his 620-page The Ashley Book of Knots, "A knot is never 'nearly right,' it is ...

The bowline is a slightly weaker knot, at 70 to 75 percent, followed by the double fisherman's at 65 to 70 percent. The clove hitch is the weakest of the common climbing knots, at 60 to 65 percent.

Here's what we'll go over—the double fisherman’s knot, clove hitch, figure-eight loop, trucker's hitch, and the square knot.

These are the 11 knots all outdoorsmen and women need to know. Knowing how to tie a knot has long been one of the most important skills in the outdoors that the inexperienced takes for granted.

You'll need to know how to tie a double fisherman's knot and a bowline. Make a loop and tie a double fisherman's knot. Once that's complete put the loop over the mouth of the water bottle and tighten.