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Back to this if I may. There's two differences in that photo....the Valdotain has five wraps and two cross overs..when dressed it will convert to four and three. It can be formed with seven wraps...and will still convert to a 4-3 configuration, and the crossovers of each end are all either on...

bastiges, the lot of yas.......:love10: .

Good one Dave! Ah,, Larry Penberthy! One of the many early PNW gear and technique pioneers and innovators. I still have an MSR ice axe, his helmet was my first.....and I got the yet to be beat MSR stove way back in 1974 or so. Another iconoclast was Bill Nicolai who started Early Winters. I...

I'm a little late to this discussion....but, as I've been using a Valdotain, VT or french prussik since it was first introduced back around 1997, I'll chime in on what I understand of the terminology and method of forming the hitch. A Vt requires a braid...and for years, most arborists tied a...