I've just had an interesting conversation with a French person. It seems the French Caving School are now advocating using a "Fusion Knot" in place of a Bowline on the Bight because of their concerns over it slipping and coming undone. I've not yet played with the Bowline on the Bight to make it misbehave as described, nor have I tried the Fusion Knot, but I will be shortly. This is the first I knew of this.
A video of the problem is here and the solution (a Fusion Knot) is here. I don't think there's any need to understand the French in either to get the point.
A video of the problem is here and the solution (a Fusion Knot) is here. I don't think there's any need to understand the French in either to get the point.