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  2. List of climbing knots - Wikipedia

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    Water knot (also known as Tape Knot, Double Overhand Bend, Ring Bend): The Water knot is useful to tie together two ends of ropes. Often used with webbing. Binding Strangle knot: The Strangle knot is a simple binding knot. It forms both sides of a Double fisherman's knot, and is also used to back up loop knots and both ends of bends. Hitches

  3. Offset overhand bend - Wikipedia

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    The ability to retrieve ropes after an abseil descent is crucial - and in many cases, two ropes need to be joined to increase the distance that can be descended in one 'pitch'. The resulting knot that unites the two ropes needs be secure and stable, have a small footprint, and be resistant to jamming.

  4. List of friction hitch knots - Wikipedia

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    A friction hitch is a kind of knot used to attach one rope to another in a way that is easily adjusted. These knots are commonly used in climbing as part of single-rope technique, doubled-rope technique and as "ratchets" to capture progress on a moving rope, most typically in a mechanical advantage system such as a Z-drag.

  5. List of knots - Wikipedia

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    Bowline – forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope; Boling knot (archaic term for the Bowline) – forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope; Bowline bend Bowline on a bight – makes a pair of fixed-size loops in the middle of a rope; Bumper knot – secures soft or loose bait in fishing; Bunny ears (double figure-eight loop)

  6. Prusik - Wikipedia

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    A Prusik (/ ˈ p r ʌ s ɪ k / PRUSS-ik) is a friction hitch or knot used to attach a loop of cord around a rope, applied in climbing, canyoneering, mountaineering, caving, rope rescue, ziplining, and by arborists. The term Prusik is a name for both the loops of cord used to tie the hitch and the hitch itself, and the verb is "to prusik" or ...

  7. Blake's hitch - Wikipedia

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    The Blake's hitch is a friction hitch commonly used by arborists and tree climbers as an ascending knot. Unlike other common climbing hitches, which often use a loop of cord, the Blake's hitch is formed using the end of a rope. Although it is a stable knot, it is often backed up with a stopper knot, such as a figure-of-eight knot, for

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  9. Butterfly loop - Wikipedia

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    The butterfly loop, also known as lineman's loop, butterfly knot, alpine butterfly knot and lineman's rider, is a knot used to form a fixed loop in the middle of a rope.Tied in the bight, it can be made in a rope without access to either of the ends; this is a distinct advantage when working with long climbing ropes.

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