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A slip and grip knot that gives good grip and has a wide range of use. Functions well on a wide range of rope materials, including slippery types like polyamide (nylon) and high-modulus polyethylene (Dynema™). Attaching cord can be of same or smaller diameter. Grip in one
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A secure, jam-proof hitch used to tie one rope to another, or a rope to a pole, boom, spar, etc., when the pull is lengthwise along the object. It is also known as
Michoacan/Martin among friction knots used in
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Friction knot used to be fixed on a tautline (a taut-rope), also known as a "Valdostano". It is the single cord equivalent of the
Machard Tresse (which uses a loop of cord)
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A friction hitch commonly used by arborists and tree climbers as an ascending knot. Blake's hitch is known by some climbers as a
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A mono-directional variant of the common
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A friction hitch or knot used to put a loop of cord around a rope, applied in climbing, canyoneering, mountaineering, caving, rope rescue, and by arborists.
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A friction hitch tied around a thicker rope that can slide while unloaded, but locks when loaded. Commonly used to back up belays. Similar to the
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A knot that is excellent for connecting to a post when weight is applied to an end running parallel to the post in a specific direction.
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A friction hitch tied around a thicker rope that can slide while unloaded, but locks when loaded. Similar to the
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A friction hitch tied around a thicker rope that can slide while unloaded, but locks when loaded. Similar to the
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Son of a Hitch: A Genealogy of
Arborists’ Climbing Hitches
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712:List of knot terminology
287:Farrimond friction hitch
160:List of friction hitches
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304:Gripping sailor's hitch
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179:Adjustable grip hitch
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1036:Figure-of-nine loop
583:"History of a Knot"
549:List of hitch knots
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1572:Halter hitch
1547:Dropper loop
1424:Marlinespike
1419:Lobster buoy
1394:Hitching tie
1389:Highwayman's
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1196:Bimini twist
1097:Chain sinnet
1071:Trident loop
1051:Munter hitch
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913:Bottle sling
880:True lover's
815:Heaving line
765:Basket weave
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1711:Marlinspike
1369:Ground-line
1274:Anchor bend
1206:Fisherman's
1160:Turk's head
1120:Carrick mat
923:Corned beef
918:Constrictor
790:Fisherman's
619:25 December
593:25 December
366:Knute hitch
170:Description
136:as part of
2023:Categories
1797:Portuguese
1622:Tom fool's
1349:Falconer's
1289:Bale sling
1145:Friendship
1112:Decorative
1102:Sheepshank
745:Adjustable
560:References
436:or Prussik
417:Pile hitch
360:Knut hitch
272:direction.
68:newspapers
1769:Stevedore
1667:Hangman's
1587:Jury mast
1474:Trucker's
1464:Taut-line
1384:Highpoint
1324:Cat's paw
1304:Blackwall
1178:(angling)
1046:Klemheist
986:Autoblock
865:Surgeon's
309:climbing.
196:Autoblock
148:. These
98:June 2014
1984:Category
1945:Splicing
1935:Ropework
1922:Mizuhiki
1874:friction
1860:Bindings
1779:Whipping
1764:Overhand
1716:Rat-tail
1694:splicing
1647:Zeppelin
1592:Overhand
1577:Handcuff
1497:Angler's
1449:Sailor's
1319:Buntline
1284:Bachmann
1216:Knotless
991:Bachmann
978:Climbing
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1950:Seizing
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1929:Norigae
1916:Macramé
1906:History
1901:Density
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1736:Stopper
1690:Splices
1680:Tarbuck
1657:Running
1627:Trident
1537:Diamond
1527:Cossack
1512:Bowline
1454:Snuggle
1409:Killick
1309:Blake's
1261:Hitches
1236:Trilene
1226:Palomar
1135:Diamond
968:Transom
938:Jamming
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795:Flemish
780:Carrick
726:By type
150:hitches
82:scholar
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1787:Common
1749:Button
1659:(slip)
1557:Fiador
1517:Bumper
1479:Tumble
1469:Timber
1429:Munter
1399:Icicle
1379:Halter
1339:Distel
1299:Becket
1294:Barrel
1140:Fiador
1090:shanks
1066:Prusik
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850:Shroud
499:Prusik
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1434:Ossel
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1364:Garda
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1246:Turle
1231:Snell
1201:Blood
1191:Arbor
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1056:Noose
963:Thief
885:Water
840:Sheet
800:Grief
775:Blood
737:Bends
692:Bight
681:Knots
89:JSTOR
75:books
1612:Span
1489:Loop
1444:Pipe
1439:Pile
1374:Half
1314:Boom
1279:Axle
1221:Nail
996:Beer
953:Reef
825:Nail
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