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Double figure-eight loop
Akin to the bowline on a bight (see pages 68–69), this knot is preferred by some people for
climbing, caving, and other outdoor pursuits, because they reason that tying a figure eight is less
likely to go wrong.
Take a long bight of rope and form it into a figure-eight knot outline (1). Next, hook and partially
pull through the lower half of the figure eight a doubled bight (that is, four sections of rope) (2).
Bring the single bight down the front of the almost-completed knot (3), lift the twin bights through
it from back to front, and replace the single bight at the top and rear of the knot (4, 5).
