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What knots do climbers usually use to make the eyes in the two ends of prusik cordage? Thannks.
I use a scaffold hitch. I think some call it a fishermans knot.
I use an anchor hitch on the other end of the climbing line because I'm too tight to buy spliced eyes. Actually I have six or seven climbing ropes and none have splices.
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Sherrill's Grissly-Splice on 10mm BeeLine = very compact + everthing is inspectable, all the time.
Is the BeeLine the stuff that does not melt easily, such as during a descent?
Yup. I like the bee-line the best. Ice is ok, but i don't think it holds up quit as well as the bee line, but is alot softer also. I've also used ultra-tech too and works pretty good, but don't have alot of time on it.
How long should I have my prussic made? I would just measure my current one but I'm not home.
What knots do climbers usually use to make the eyes in the two ends of prusik cordage? Thannks.
Assuming you are tying a french prussik why not just buy a decent length of beeline and make your own cords with dfl or tfl for terminations? I cannot ever see me buying precut lengths of beeline let alone prespliced. What happens when it rains? Or if you use someone elses climbing line? Both situations require a different number of wraps unless you happen to like sliding down faster than you can climb up.....
Not to sound like an idiot but what is a tfl?
dfl = double fishermans loop.
tfl = triple fishermans loop.
Same knot with one extra turn.
There is nothing idiotic about asking a question. True fools say nothing so as to appear clever and end up decieving only themselves.
Cool. Looks less likely to come undone than an anchor hitch.
True, but i can tie an anchor hitch in a matter of seconds with my eyes closed. I have yet to have an issue with an anchor hitch, so there fore that will be my termination knot. It's almost idiot proof and very easy to check. The anchor hitch, bowline and running bowline are the knots i use the most, but i use others.
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