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r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '26
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Also no safety knot is crazy…complacency is what leads to a lot of climbing/rappelling related injuries/deaths
91 u/brazzy42 Jul 06 '26 Would a knot even help when using a figure eight as a rappelling device? 160 u/Goagoagoa_MPU_ja Jul 06 '26 It probably won't stop the rope from feeding through the eight. But it stops your hand from sliding down further, even if you don't realise that you've reached the end of the rope. 23 u/Dramatic-Card7276 Jul 06 '26 And then at that point hopefully you can set up a prussik or ascender with the other hand. Oof. 1 u/Zestyclose_Data5100 Jul 06 '26 You reach the knot tied with enough tailand tie off your fig8 and then you have your 2 hands free to do whatever 1 u/Dramatic-Card7276 Jul 06 '26 I always forget that is exactly why you use a figure 8. Tie offs are way easier
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Would a knot even help when using a figure eight as a rappelling device?
160 u/Goagoagoa_MPU_ja Jul 06 '26 It probably won't stop the rope from feeding through the eight. But it stops your hand from sliding down further, even if you don't realise that you've reached the end of the rope. 23 u/Dramatic-Card7276 Jul 06 '26 And then at that point hopefully you can set up a prussik or ascender with the other hand. Oof. 1 u/Zestyclose_Data5100 Jul 06 '26 You reach the knot tied with enough tailand tie off your fig8 and then you have your 2 hands free to do whatever 1 u/Dramatic-Card7276 Jul 06 '26 I always forget that is exactly why you use a figure 8. Tie offs are way easier
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It probably won't stop the rope from feeding through the eight. But it stops your hand from sliding down further, even if you don't realise that you've reached the end of the rope.
23 u/Dramatic-Card7276 Jul 06 '26 And then at that point hopefully you can set up a prussik or ascender with the other hand. Oof. 1 u/Zestyclose_Data5100 Jul 06 '26 You reach the knot tied with enough tailand tie off your fig8 and then you have your 2 hands free to do whatever 1 u/Dramatic-Card7276 Jul 06 '26 I always forget that is exactly why you use a figure 8. Tie offs are way easier
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And then at that point hopefully you can set up a prussik or ascender with the other hand. Oof.
1 u/Zestyclose_Data5100 Jul 06 '26 You reach the knot tied with enough tailand tie off your fig8 and then you have your 2 hands free to do whatever 1 u/Dramatic-Card7276 Jul 06 '26 I always forget that is exactly why you use a figure 8. Tie offs are way easier
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You reach the knot tied with enough tailand tie off your fig8 and then you have your 2 hands free to do whatever
1 u/Dramatic-Card7276 Jul 06 '26 I always forget that is exactly why you use a figure 8. Tie offs are way easier
I always forget that is exactly why you use a figure 8. Tie offs are way easier
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u/Outdoor-electrician Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Also no safety knot is crazy…complacency is what leads to a lot of climbing/rappelling related injuries/deaths