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    Old Timers - Was The Blakes Hitch Pretty Cool When Released?

    below 0? Once, long ago, it might have got that cold here.
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    Old Timers - Was The Blakes Hitch Pretty Cool When Released?

    You can tie and set it "one-handed", too.
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    Old Timers - Was The Blakes Hitch Pretty Cool When Released?

    I much prefer the feel and level of control with a friction hitch. It's the old-school in me, I guess.
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    Old Timers - Was The Blakes Hitch Pretty Cool When Released?

    I never really used the Blakes. But in 1996 I went from using the taught-line hitch for nearly 30 years, to using the "French Prussic" with a minding pulley. The progression was easy, natural and rapid. For a working climber it was the best thing that ever happened.
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