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CLOVE HITCH, MADE ON
A RING

This particular version of the clove hitch is more
commonly used in mountaineering than in
sailing, for in sailing the ring is usually
narrower than the rope, which ca n become
bad ly chafed and therefore dangerous.
Climbers use it to regulate the length of rope
between the climber and the piton (that is, the
peg or spike driven into rock or a crack to
support the rope). m

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