The Figure 8 On a Bight (aka "Figure 8 Double Loop")
The Figure 8 Follow Through (almost the same as the Figure 8 Bend, but tied with one rope as a hitch rather than as a means of joining two ropes, which is what a 'bend' is)
But wait, there's more! The rappelling descender of choice for distances of not more than 75-100 feet is "The Rescue 8," so called because of the rabbit-ear design that prevents the rope from slipping over the top of the larger 8 into a girth hitch (which we, in the old Boy Scout days, used to called the 'Lark's Head,' but which is also called a 'cow hitch').
A Rescue 8 descent device
I feel like I should put up one of those Sesame Street videos: "This Rescue brought to you by the letters E, M, S and the Number 8."
And sometimes referred to as an ‘8 plate’ to avoid confusion with a figure 8 knot.
ReplyDeleteTonight I heard a 70 year old NC fire/rescue guy call that one knot a “Lark’s foot,” which is another name for the same thing that I’d never heard before.
ReplyDeleteIf only there were knots named with the numbers 1-7, we could get the Count in on this.
ReplyDeleteThere is a Figure 9 (and variations):
ReplyDeletehttps://www.animatedknots.com/figure-9-loop-knot
That's cool. I'd never heard of a Figure 9 knot. I like the usage notes on that site as well.
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