Media Summary: My favourite knot is the figure-of-8 and a few of its variants. Why? It is so versatile and so easy to inspect. A rope running through a carabiner can be converted to a Munter (or Italian) Hitch with one simple move. What angles should we accept with carabiner loading and how does this change the strength?
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My favourite knot is the figure-of-8 and a few of its variants. Why? It is so versatile and so easy to inspect. A rope running through a carabiner can be converted to a Munter (or Italian) Hitch with one simple move. What angles should we accept with carabiner loading and how does this change the strength? Many rope access technicians claim that we can not use a GriGri with anything but dynamic climbing rope. What does Petzl say? Does placing two prusiks around two ropes achieve redundancy I have never understood why this knot is taught. I see no practical use
