Khoi
Aug 27, 2010, 7:43 AM
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A guy in the gym today tied in the usual way, with a retraced figure 8 knot. The length of the tail he had left over after retracing the knot was about 5 cm, no more than 6cm. He got a comment about the tail being too short, but he responded rather authoratatively, "It's 5 times the diameter of the rope. It's enough."
I've never heard this 5 times the diameter of the rope guideline for the length of tails leftover from tying knots before. The gym uses Sterling 10.1 Slim Gyms.
I keep thinking about how a lot of climbers are particular about having tails of sufficient length for double fisherman's knots, double overhand knots, water knots, etc., especially when rappelling.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
(This post was edited by Khoi on Aug 27, 2010, 7:56 AM)
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