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WRAPPED & REEF-KNOTTED COIL
Purpose
When a coil of rope not required for immediate use is to be stored or transported
with other paraphernalia, this is the best way I know of ensuring a fair chance
that it can be retrieved in the same condition as when it was put away.
Tying
Coil in such a way as to leave two long working ends that can be brought
together and tied with a reef knot (figure 1). Wrap each end up and around the
coil as shown and tie a second reef knot (figure 2).
Knot lore
This method, called cavers/mountain coil, appeared in On Rope—North
American Vertical Rope Techniques, by Allen Padgett and Bruce Smith,
published (1987) by the National Speliological Society.
