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Climbing Knots: Bends

webbing may have a tendency to creep apart and should be
used in climbing with at least 3 inches of tail on both ends
and/or with the tails fixed with adhesive tape.
Webbing is known as tape to some, and this knot is called
by those same people the tape knot. Hutton’s Dictionary,
published in 1815, referred to this knot as the ring knot, and
it may also be known as the ring bend. Older publications
call it the gut knot, an indication that it has been around a
long time, certainly long before synthetic lines.

Water Kn XXot: Step 3 Water Knot: Step 4
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Continue to follow the lead When both ends of webbing
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of the first piece of webbing have been woven into one
through the overhand knot overhand knot, tighten it by
with the second end of web- pulling on the working ends of
bing, making sure both ends of the webbing. Before trusting
webbing lie flat against each the knot to stop a fall, load it
other. with body weight to set it as
tight as possible.

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