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The trace eight goes "back" into itself, leaving a loop at the end. When making the knot, you make it so that the loop goes through your climbing harness, like

The trace eight goes "back" into itself, leaving a loop at the end. When making the knot, you make it so that the loop goes through your climbing harness, like this: https://wildsummits.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/knot-cover-scaled.jpg https://wildsummits.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/knot-cover... While the eight you use for sailing is mostly a stop knot at the end of the rope. So two very different uses.

rtkwe 4y ago
The only real difference is the trace version you can tie into an existing loop where with the bight version you need a carabiner to connect in. Every time I've done climbing or repelling we've just used carabiners instead of tying directly into the rope.