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Descender tie-off

Richard Delaney January 21, 2020 Free Articles No Comments

Technicians have always had a wide range of methods and reasons for tying-off descenders. Traditionally this was because they wanted to use both hands for another task and Munter-hitches, Figure8 descenders, and belay plates were not “auto-stop”.

The Fabulous Figure-of-8 Knot

Richard Delaney August 17, 2016 Free Articles, Free content No Comments

In my mind, the humble Figure-of-8 knot ranks at the top of the list. In order, my top four are: Figure-of-8 Knot Alpine Butterfly Knot Munter/Italian Hitch Prusik Hitch There are certainly other knots that I will

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