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  2. Figure-eight knot - Wikipedia

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    The figure-eight knot or figure-of-eight knot is a type of stopper knot. It is very important in both sailing and rock climbing as a method of stopping ropes from running out of retaining devices. Like the overhand knot , which will jam under strain, often requiring the rope to be cut, the figure-eight will also jam, but is usually more easily ...

  3. Offset figure-eight bend - Wikipedia

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    The offset figure-eight bend is a poor knot that has been implicated in the deaths of several rock climbers. [1] [3] [4] The knot may capsize (invert) under load, as shown in the figure, and this can happen repeatedly. [5] Each inversion reduces the lengths of the tails. Once the tails are used up completely, the knot comes undone.

  4. Figure 8 (climbing) - Wikipedia

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    The figure 8 belay device is a piece of metal (usually an aluminum alloy) in the shape of an 8 with one large end and one small end. Usage

  5. Flemish bend - Wikipedia

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    The Flemish bend, also known as a figure eight bend, a rewoven figure eight is a knot for joining two ropes of roughly similar size. A loose figure-eight knot is tied in the end of one rope. The second rope is now threaded backwards parallel to the first rope.

  6. Bandage - Wikipedia

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    Achilles bandaging Patroclus. Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, ca. 500 BC, from Vulci. Bandage wrapped around a woman's head, secured with surgical tape Bandages are also used in martial arts to prevent dislocated joints. The double-spica bandage used on thigh injuries in ancient Greece

  7. Figure-eight loop - Wikipedia

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    A figure-of-eight loop tied using the follow-through method. A figure-eight loop is created by doubling the rope into a bight, then tying the standard figure-eight knot.. In climbing, this knot is used to save time when repeatedly attaching the rope to climbing harnesses, using locking carabiners, such as when a group of people are climbing on the same top-rope.

  8. Ohio family files lawsuit against nursing home after woman's ...

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    Lucy Garcia, 72, was admitted to Arbors at Oregon on Jan. 25, 2023. By July 2, 2024, she was dead and the coroner later ruled her death a homicide.

  9. Slippery eight loop - Wikipedia

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    Begin by creating a figure eight knot with one end long enough to be looped through it again; Make sure that the figure eight loop is not tight, but rather quite loose with obvious gaps; Bring the long, working end to the top of the knot; Pass the working end behind the standing line in the knot and feed the end through the Eight