4 ms·
It's missing European Death Knot. https://www.theclimbingguy.com/european-death-knot/ https://www.theclimbingguy.com/european-death-knot/
by beefield 4y ago
It's missing European Death Knot.
https://www.theclimbingguy.com/european-death-knot/ https://www.theclimbingguy.com/european-death-knot/
- gadders 4y agoThere was an article on HN a while back about a particular way of tying a rope to two pins at the top of a cliff in sort of a y-shape that doubles the stresses on the rope rather than reduces it (apologies if the details are wrong - I don't climb). I wish I could find the article.
- tecleandor 4y agoCan't search properly in mobile but it's probably related to the "american death triangle", isn't it? https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/a-closer-look-at-the-american-death-triangle https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/a-closer-look-at-the-americ...
- gadders 4y agoThat's the one. Glad to see all the mis-tying isn't just blamed on Europeans :-) I remember reading it before led me down this page of climbing mishaps (linked at bottom of page): https://www.climbing.com/skills/climbing-anchor-death-american-triangle/ https://www.climbing.com/skills/climbing-anchor-death-americ...