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Climbing Knots: Loops

sling to raise or lower a person if, of course,
the loops are made large enough. When
used as a chair sling, both these knots share
the common characteristic of being highly
uncomfortable. This knot was first described
in print in 1944 by Clifford Ashley. How long
it was in use prior to Ashley’s description is
not known.

Figure 8 Doub XXle Loop: Step 3 Figure 8 Double
XX Loop: Step 4

XXX
Bring the doubled rope through Bring the remaining single loop
XXX
the loop as if tying a figure 8 down in front of the knot, take
with draw loop (see page 12). the doubled loops through
The doubled section of rope the single loop, and move the
pulled through the loop will single loop up to the top of the
become the double loop. knot. Carefully tighten every-
thing.

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