Relative strength of a blocked chain sinnet knot?
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Knot gurus- |
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never seen it. but your input is also needed in the other thread the hex+cam one... |
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Gregger Man wrote: Random rude criticism?You'll always find that here. I agree it looks strong, and it even appears to be non-jamming (or close) when loaded that way. Why are you concerned about strength? It rarely seems to matter, given how well kernmantle responds to knots, and how very overkill our cords are in terms of breaking strength. I've never tried to use anything like that, though. I always just tie a figure-8 or overhand on a loop, which has the advantage of not needing the ends of the ropes. |
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Maybe a set of stupid questions but I'm genuinely curious: |
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i set up soemthing kinda similar to this the other day, only instead of having the foot go to the top prussik, i put another autoblock on the strand running through the pulley setup, instead of just pulling down on the rope itself, i was able to ascend the lines via just kicking my foot down, i was actually able to ascend this way much faster, and with less fatigue |
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I can't speak to the knot in the OP, but if I needed something like that I'd just go for the good ol' alpine butterfly. It's a strong knot, easy to untie, can be loaded on the eye or end-to-end. |
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Tie a butterfly instead and clip your biner in the butterfly loop |
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When you ask about "relative strength," that's basically a misconception. There are two things you might mean by this. If you mean strength against slipping apart, then basically that isn't a failure mode for knots. If you mean strength against the cord breaking, then in theory it's true that some knots can be stronger against this mode of failure than others, but it's irrelevant because in climbing we never load ropes or slings to the point where they'll break. |
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Joseph Bianco wrote: Dude, pretty sure they figured this out or forgot about it 10 YEARS ago. You bored and trolling the archives, haha? |