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Figure 8 (no stopper)

12%

Single Bowline (no stopper)

Double Bowline (no stopper)

Figure 8 (with stopper)

56%

Single Bowline (with stopper)

Double Bowline (with stopper)

24%

I just thread it a couple times untill i feel safe

ropes why bother

Topic Date User

Im Knots About Climbing 22-May-2007 At 4:02:52 PM BigMike

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On 22/05/2007 BigMike wrote:
>On 22/05/2007 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>
>>
>>The double figure 8 does have a tendency to lock when loaded. To remedy
>>this you can either start
>>climbing better so you don’t fall off so much, or alternatively try a
>>figure 9 which adds one more turn to the
>>8 and can be a little easier to untie.
>
>Is that same or similar to a passback, which I use to help me unstick
>the knot after loading it with a flying 105kg.??
>

No, I've ascertained it's not.

I use a figure-eight with a passback - end is passed through the knot again, with a bit of a loop - you can hook finger into this and pull to ease the knot after loading.

Anyone got anything bad to say about this?