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    Knot for hanging block off horizontals

    [ QUOTE ] Roger, stillson and cow are 1 and the same. I 1st learned of the stillson in the early 90's from 'Ron Danise'. Now that's a name from the past. [/ QUOTE ] YMMV, but on this forum in 2005 there was some musing about the origins of "Stilson" & "Cow & Better Half", implying a...
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    Five coil prusik with stitched webbing sling.

    [ QUOTE ] I don't like the exposed stitch thing and have seen folks tape stitches w/elect. tape. Rock climbing legend, Todd Skinner, fell in Yosemite because of old stitches. [/ QUOTE ] On what do you base this assertion? All I have seen about Skinner's old harness is that it was very old...
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    Blake's hitch

    Re: Blake\'s hitch Well, I suppose the dispute does depend on your veracity here: is what you have presented in clear photographic image what in fact you tied on-site for the proctor (which he then rejected, et cetera). Maybe you can send the image to him with a challenge/question, just to...
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    Blake's hitch

    Re: Blake\'s hitch [ QUOTE ] I did finally get in touch with ISA about it, and it is his word against mine. He said that he knows what a left-handed knot looks like and I didnt tie it. ... Oh well, Ill just have to re-take it and this time I think Ill be sure I know how to tie it in the book...
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    Unkown climbing knot

    [ QUOTE ] That would be just another version of the Prohaska Knot or it could be an Icicle knot ... --- yeah, that's the hitch I posted about a couple years ago, been using it since 99. [/ QUOTE ] As I posted to the Friction Hitches thread, this knot is definitely NOT TreeCowboy's hitch, and...
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    Friction Hitch

    Re: various hitches [ QUOTE ] someone presented this last week in a photo with a split tail, and a closed system. It's all the same, the knot is the guts of the system/open or closed. [/ QUOTE ] Wrong on both counts: 1) The other knot is NOT what you've presented; it is a ProhGrip (aka...
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    Blake's hitch

    Re: Blake\'s hitch Is it forbidden that a proctor tell a candidate what they did wrong? FYI, when Heinz Prohaska presented this hitch in Nylon Highway in 1990, he drew it as the mirror image of the lower knot--mirror vertical, to the right of the knot, i.e.. Perhaps there might be some...
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    Need help with an oak

    >>> Pics to come soon!! (I hope) --of this impressive tree! But that was a JUNE vow, and so ... "bumped", to see if pics can be forthcoming now? (-;
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    Easy knot

    > I'm appreciating the ease of using this knot to pull over trees. And where do you use this knot--i.e., around what does the knot's eye go? I'd be concerned that it would collapse, and otherwise be less strong/kind-to-the-rope than one might get by at least making a slight modification to...
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    Bowline variations

    [ QUOTE ] I read in a knot book, there are over 40 variations of the bowline. This includes the 'right handed and left handed' bowlines and their variations. i.e., right handed inside and outside bowline; left handed inside and outside bowline. [/ QUOTE ] I don't understand the distinction...
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    Bowline as an endline knot

    [ QUOTE ] The concept that because I know something that works for my own quest, I am ethically bound to to tell all who[] ask, is not valid: [/ QUOTE ] Welllll, I'll leave off the ethics of that (which itself is a matter of choice), and simply say that one could be (more) helpful by giving a...
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    Bowline as an endline knot

    [ QUOTE ] Laz: I know of good reasons. They're good enough for me. Mahk: Care to elaborate? Maybe good for other people too. Laz: I appreciate that Mahk, but isn't the quest for the holy grail all about enlightenment through the personal, perilous and perennial journey? ---------- Laz: My...
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    Fisherman's Knot: Double Vs Triple

    Re: Fisherman\'s Knot: Double Vs Triple [ QUOTE ] What about the strength issue, does the fishermans affect rope strength? I have been involved in a heated debate over this today. I have a feeling I may have to eat crow. [/ QUOTE ] It would help to know exactly what is being debated, and...
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    is this rope good still

    Aw, heck, what d'ya expect after something's been knotted and done some real work? I'll wager it's dandy, or as good as was, not necessary good as new. Did you try rolling it under foot, to help restore Spyder-pleasing roundness? Damaging inner fibres w/o noticeable effect on the outer sheath...
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    Fisherman's Knot: Double Vs Triple

    Re: Fisherman\'s Knot: Double Vs Triple [ QUOTE ] Mangoes (I think) originally posted this article. Some of the names of the knots are wrong, including the knots that you ask about. But, the knots appear to have little difference in strength. [/ QUOTE ] Notably, the "Becket Bend" should be...
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    Fisherman's Knot: Double Vs Triple

    Re: Fisherman\'s Knot: Double Vs Triple [ QUOTE ] According to "On Rope" the TFK when tied and dressed properly is as strong as the rope is rated. Ei- no strength loss at the bend. [/ QUOTE ] Which should raise the question How was this determined? I don't buy it, and there are contrary...
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    Fisherman's Knot: Double Vs Triple

    Re: Fisherman\'s Knot: Double Vs Triple [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] i'm going to say that i assume you are talking about Scaffold/ Triple Noose of an Anchor maid to self to form eye. ... [/ QUOTE ] Maybe my terminology isn't correct. I didn't mean an Anchor Hitch, which I like except when you wnat...
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    good load bearing knot for joining two lines???

    Re: good load bearing knot for joining two lines?? [ QUOTE ] Just wanted to say that putting things into your knots, to keep them from becoming too tight, is a bad idea. We just had a GF get killed when a rope broke, and the knot with the stick in it struck him in the head. [/ QUOTE ] How...
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    A different way to descend on rope.

    Rockclimbers would balk at connecting the F8 to the 'biner, which has some potential for mischief vis-a-vis torquing the gate accidentally. Tying the F8 off with its own lanyard raises it such that the friction h. could be comfortably attached below it, greatly enhancing its holding power...
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    Puzzled about back ups

    What's the hitch in the first set-up tying the green&white rope to the blue 'biner? And if the cord's only of use as a back-up for the device, option #3 would be to run it through the device's two rings (opposite the tape), keeping clear of the 'biner. But now you're just backing up a...
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