Page 104 - Geoffrey Budworth, Jason Dalton "The Little Book of Incredibly Useful Knots"

Triple figure-eight loop

Multiloop knots are employed by climbers—in ways that they never were by seamen—because of

their need to anchor or belay (perhaps to several fixed points), as well as to improvise chest and
seat harnesses. The figure-eight layout is said to be preferable because it is easy to learn and less
likely to be tied wrongly by someone who is wet, cold, almost exhausted, and perhaps

temporarily unnerved.

In a long bight, form a figure eight (1), but then pull a doubled bight through to create twin loops
(2). Bring the tail end of the initial bight around the front of the knot and tuck it down beside the
two loops just made to form a third one (3, 4). If tied with a bight made in the end of the rope and
not in the middle, back up the end by tying it to the standing part of the rope.