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These are decent for climbing, but for the rest of life you also want the bowline, which is easy to untie after being loaded. Ring bend should only really be u
by peterbraden 4y ago
These are decent for climbing, but for the rest of life you also want the bowline, which is easy to untie after being loaded.
Ring bend should only really be used for webbing.
- marcyb5st 4y agoI would add the alpine butterfly to haul stuff up or isolate/exclude compromised parts of the rope temporarily until you get to safety.
- justatdotin 4y agoalpine butterfly is by far the knot I use the most.
- peterbraden 4y agoDefinitely, it’s such a satisfying knot to tie too. And after that perhaps the figure 8 on 2 bights (bunny ears). But then we are into the weeds…
- leksak 4y agoPreferably a bowline with a stopper knot or a inherently secure bowline like the End Bound Single Bowline (EBSB) or Scott's Locked Bowline
- quchen 4y agoThese seem to be more complicated versions of the Yosemite Bowline; do you have any info on that one? It’s been my go-to bowline for all applications (climbing, sailing), yet now I’m wondering whether it has some weakness I don’t know about.
- grogers 4y agoI think the only weakness with Yosemite bowline is if tied wrong. Bowline backed by a double overhand is about as fast to tie and easier to check IMO, but if you are used to Yosemite then maybe it's the opposite for you.
- leksak 4y agoGoogle "paci knots pdf", it raises two issues and demonstrate the potentially fatal one