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A comment on Essential Climbing Knots. Parent comment

Re:Essential Climbing Knots by jvanderbot on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:50PM (#32415013)
Yep, that double bowline with stopper is what I was referring to. Trouble is, it is now almost as challenging to tie as the fig-8 loop / trace.
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Re:Essential Climbing Knots by hprotagonist on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:06PM (#32418463)
a usual reason to use it outdoors is that it’s easier to untie than a figure 8 when the rope is dirty or frozen or you were whipping on it for hours.
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