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Re: [Danx] Clove Hitch vs Fig 8:
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Rudmin
Sep 8, 2011, 9:47 PM
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Danx wrote: Rudmin wrote: It depends what you are talking about. For example: You have 3 nut/sling placements. Then tie fig 8/clove hitch in a piece of static rope to the first placement, thread the rope through the 2nd caribiner and tie the 3rd caribiner with a fig 8/clove hitch. Pull all the strands equal and tie an overhand knot to form the master point. Just wondered for the first and third caribiners, why you would ever use a fig 8?
I don't know of anybody that would use that method or carry an unknotted strand of static rope. I can say that I would be kind of worried about a short tail of rope near a hitch.
edit: not to say that there is anything wrong with it, I'm just not that familiar. If it were me, I would have already tied a figure-eight in either end of the rope, I guess that is one reason to do it that way. But mostly I think, people are generally uncomfortable with having an anchor that would fall apart if the end slipped through the clove hitch. And if your rope is thick or especially stiff and not tightened down hard, it may slip more easily.
(This post was edited by Rudmin on Sep 8, 2011, 10:14 PM)
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Post edited by Rudmin
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