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Camping knots: Loops












                Figure 8 Loop


                A  STRONG  AND  SECURE  FIXED  LOOP  FOR  ALL

                DIAMETERS OF MATERIAL


                The figure 8 loop is one of the most widely known and used
                loops.  A  well-liked  camping  knot,  it  is  also  popular  with

                climbers  and  sometimes  used  by  boaters.  Once  better
                known as the Flemish loop, this knot is tied on a bight and,

                therefore, may also be called the figure 8 on a bight. Since
                this  knot  is  tied  with  the  rope  doubled,  the  characteristic
                figure 8 shape is actually a double figure 8, giving the figure

                8 loop yet another name: the double figure 8 loop.







                                        Figure 8 Loop: Step 1
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