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dugl33
Jan 25, 2010, 6:48 PM
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scm007 wrote: For my purpose it is a sling, but I was wondering more generally. Say I have a 10000 foot sewn sling (ridiculous of course) and I need a 10 foot sling. What do you do? logBase2(10000)-uple it
1.) Cut a 22 foot length with your pocket knife, and tie a water knot.
2.) Tie an overhand knot in one end, travel out 10ish feet, tie an overhand knot, travel back to the carabiner, tie one more overhand knot. Repeat if you want greater redundancy.
Getting to the nature of your question, knots are weaker than sewn slings. Wierdly loaded knots can be weaker than not-wierdly loaded knots. With large safety factors in strength, though, this doesn't always matter for practical purposes. Using a figure eight the way you describe would not be the best choice.
Edit to add: You could also start the water knot 20ish feet in on the 10k' long sling, and feed the end through this. Voila, water knot with a 6 inch tail on one side, 9,978 ft on the other.
(This post was edited by dugl33 on Jan 25, 2010, 6:55 PM)
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