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General Climbing Discussion

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Climbing myths 25-Jun-2012 At 3:03:04 PM muki
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On 25/06/2012 Superstu wrote:

>Regarding the euro death knot, I thought the concern was not with the
>knot itself unravelling, but its ability to get snagged on something that
>helps it loosen. How we gonna mythbust dat?

The EDK or overhand flat knot is best used to prevent the snags you mention, as it has the ability to Sled over an edge as apposed to a knot where the rope exits the centre of the knot as in a barrel knot or a reef knot, the reef is particularly dangerous as it can invert or "capsize" into a slip knot and fail completely.

great site, tells it as it is.

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