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The knot was first introduced by the Victorian chief fire officer Eyre Massey-Shaw in 1876. [2] Made with suitable rope by qualified personnel this knot can be used as a rescue harness capable of supporting a person while being hoisted or lowered to safety. One loop supports the body, around the chest and under the arms, and the other loop ...
A Tensionless hitch is an anchor knot used for rappelling or rope rescue. Unlike most knots, the tensionless hitch retains a 100% efficiency rating, [ 3 ] meaning the strength of the knot is equal to the strength of the rope; it is not a significant stress riser .
The double fisherman's knot or grapevine knot is a bend. This knot and the triple fisherman's knot are the variations used most often in climbing , arboriculture , and search and rescue . The knot is formed by tying a double overhand knot , in its strangle knot form, with each end around the opposite line's standing part.
The knot is tied in the same way the original bowline is, except with a doubled rope (using a bight). An overhand loop is formed in the rope, the working end is passed back through that loop, behind the standing part of the rope, back through the loop and pulled tight.
The reef knot can capsize if one of its standing ends is pulled.. A knot that has capsized or spilled has deformed into a different structure. Although capsizing is sometimes the result of incorrect tying or misuse, it can also be done purposefully in certain cases to strengthen the knot (see the carrick bend [4]) or to untie a seized knot which would otherwise be difficult to release (see ...
The double overhand noose is a very secure hitch knot. It might be used by cavers and canyoneers to bind a cow tail or a foot loop to a carabiner. It might be used by cavers and canyoneers to bind a cow tail or a foot loop to a carabiner.
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The Knot Bible: The Complete Guide to Knots and Their Uses, page 143. A & C Black. ISBN 9781408155875. Budworth, Geoffrey (2012). The Knot Book Hachette UK. ISBN 9780716023159. Finazzo, Scott (2016). Prepper's Guide to Knots: The 100 Most Useful Tying Techniques for Surviving any Disaster, page 117, Ulysses Press. ISBN 9781612436302.