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figure 55.2
To make it, form a bight in the rope and take this up behind the beam or
loadbearing arm, and bring it down in front of the beam. Pull the standing
part through the bight to form a second bight (figure 56.1), through
which you pull the working end to form a third bight (figure 56.2). If you
then pull down tight the standing part, which is the left-hand hanging
end in our illustration, this will support a load. However as figure 56.2 also
clearly illustrates, the right-hand side end will not; any load applied to that
end will simply pull the rope through, thus releasing the knot.
figure 56.1
