To mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its creation, a meal is to be held at the Anchor Inn in Tideswell, Derbyshire on Saturday 11th February, 2023. As well as a meal there will be speakers on behalf of the original Ghar Parau explorers and the current GPF committee.
Clove hitch: this knot is also suitable for traverse lines but, while it makes it easier to regulate tension, this knot is hard to tighten down when used with stiff rope. In this case a butterfly is better.
firstly clove hitches don't work very well on the traditional 7mm long-oval rigging maillon
I hadn't seen that before. Most interesting, thanks for the linkBob Mehew said:I quote from a report, see page 16 / 17 at http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/crr_pdf/2001/crr01364.pdf ...
Just as a matter of interest, has anyone out there ever had to do a 'full-blown' self rescue from rope of someone who was totally incapacitated?Keeps the traverse line higher which is especially useful for self rescue
Also for most connectors that I use it would cause them to be overloaded.
Depending on the thickness of the rope a clove hitch on some karabiners (most of mine) does not load it along its major axis particulary when in a travese situation