Re:Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots
by ubadair on Saturday May 28, 2022 @02:57AM
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Klemheist knot is a useful related one. It's easier to slide than prussik and works with webbing or rope.
Re:Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots
by kqr on Saturday May 28, 2022 @03:40AM
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IIRC it's also easier to accidentally slide, even when loaded. But I could be confusing it with some other friction hitch!
Re:Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots
by cudgy on Friday May 27, 2022 @06:27PM
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Prusik knot is great. Used it for attaching a tarp over the cockpit of a sailboat for some shade by attaching to the shrouds and stays. Holds extremely well in high winds too. Some use it as described by above post to climb the mast.
Re:Knots 3D – Learn how to tie over 150 useful knots
by MikeBVaughn on Friday May 27, 2022 @06:49PM
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That's incredible! I'm going to give that a look later this weekend! Thanks!
Works on the same principle as the taut-line hitch. You can hang your weight in the knot on a vertical rope indefinitely. If you can then find a way to unload the knot, you can slide it up the rope and then put your weight on it again, slightly higher up than before.
So how do you unload the knot? By loading another of the same knots! So you alternate between loading and sliding the two knots, making your way up the rope with comparatively little effort and comparatively high security.
It's quite amazing!