Actually, a properly done eye splice is the strongest way to put a loop on the
end of a line, but is permanent. Preferably with a metal eye in it.
For laid rope, I still prefer either a wall and crown or a Matthew Walker as a
stopper knot, but then again, I tie knots for fun.
Btw, all of these are not “quick” things to do, although an eye splice isn’t
too bad if you have the right tool (a fid)
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73 de KG2V
Charlie
> On Dec 1, 2019, at 12:08 PM, Matthew Kaufman <matthew@matthew.at> wrote:
>
> Put a figure-8-on-a-bight (with an overhand safety) at the end of each rope
> (strongest way to create a loop at a rope end, outperforms the bowline)
> Join them with a carabiner. Attach other things at that carabiner. (Or
> attach carabiners on each to a load plate and attach all you want to that).
> You can leave the figure-8’s on your haul and tag ropes indefinitely,
> because this a almost always how you want to be set up and it doesn’t hunt
> anything.
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