Page 31 - Buck Tilton "Outward Bound Ropes, Knots, and Hitches"

Camping KnOts:

Loops

Figure 8 Loop

A StROng And SeCuRe fIxed LOOp
fOR ALL dIAMeteRS Of MAteRIAL
The figure 8 loop is one of the most widely known and
used loops. A well-liked camping knot, it is also popular
with climbers and sometimes used by boaters. Once
better known as the Flemish loop, this knot is tied on a
bight and, therefore, may also be called the figure 8 on
a bight. Since this knot is tied with the rope doubled, the
characteristic figure 8 shape is actually a double figure
8, giving the figure 8 loop yet another name: the double
figure 8 loop.

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Figure 8 L XXXop: Step 1 Figure 8 L XX XXoop: Step 2

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XXXXXXeate a large bight in the XXX
Bring the doubled working end
XXX
working end and double it over over the doubled standing part.
to form a loop.

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