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Re:Essential Climbing Knots by bmj on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:42PM (#32414886)
and when you do see them at the crag, they're a good gumby detector

Huh, really? Most of the people I know who tie-in with the figure-8 use the standard overhand safety knot (or they pull the tail back through the bottom loop of the eight). Most of us have been climbing for decades. I guess old habits die hard?

Re:Essential Climbing Knots by hprotagonist on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:58PM (#32418373)
they do.

maybe excessively long tails are a better sign…