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Members: Fig8 vs Fig9?

Richard Delaney August 13, 2018 Test Reports 4 Comments

I have heard many justifications for the choice of a Figure-of-9 knot over the Figure-of-8 knot and they normally come down to:

  • “Easier to untie after heavy loading”;
  • “Stronger” (maintain more of the strength of the host rope);
  • “Just what I was trained or told to use”.

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Richard Delaney

Richard Delaney has worked professionally with ropes since 1992 as a multi-pitch rock-climbing instructor, technical rescue instructor and rope access technician. Understanding and teaching the Physics of Rigging is a core passion of Richard’s, one based on his experience, and his prior professional life as a qualified engineer.

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