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I never said that practice isn't needed. Where did you got that? Stop making your own version of what other people said. I'm impressed by how often you misunderstand the meanings in the exchanges. I didn't invented it, you just said this in the post 788: So, this knot certainly doesn't qualify...

No, I didn't miss the point. What I say is that no matter your pertinent info in between, "super safe" has nothing to do with "a lot of things could go wrong". Practice all you want, if something could go wrong, you can be sure that this will go wrong, just add time, repetitions and a variety of...

In conclusion, "a lot of things could go wrong", but it is "super safe". Seriously ?

The disgusting part is we start with a "no knot" and a well folded line and in a split second the rat's nest appears and ruins the morning. Awful with the bigshot.

When I find this style of intro, i just shut down the vid. It's unwatchable, especially if that's a bunch of very short clips glued together. Big no-no for me, no matter how interesting the content could be (for me).

You can use both : one end spliced, neat and compact, but fixed, and the other end with a knot, bulky but makes the whole thing adjustable. No need to have two knots. Finish the tight tying with the spliced end, easier to insert. I did that when I wanted to find the good length for a given...

It looked familiar to me. Then I found why : I got it more than a couple times when I messed up my double fisherman knots. Instead of one end to pass in the midle of the double loop (half double fisherman knot), it goes on the outside before coming back in the center. Actually, it's a half hitch...

2 downsides to me for the NQ : The Quicky's edge digs hard in the rope and will shred the fibers. The rope will eventualy cut through it with some grit/dirt, and there's way less meat than a bollard/cam in an ascender..

Don't worry at all about the off-tracks. They are so common that it makes them almost mandatory in our forum ;)

Rope length is definitively a factor, both to tie the hitch and often for its working ability in this sort of use. On some hitches, the length of the legs doesn't matter much. But other ones change their behavior when you modify this factor, like shorter legs grip harder, or long legs can make...

Don't forget one thing : you don't want a death grip on the rope. The knot has to be released with a moderate force on it. It's made by enlarging the apparent ID of the different loops by widening their angle vs the rope (closer to 90°). I fear that the clove hitch-like will make a lock in the...