Instead of tugging on all of the cords to the left of the bight you've formed, just tug a bit on the right side of the bight itself, observe which cord moves on the left side, and that's the one to tighten the bight.
while coiling the ropes, i noticed that you did not do the figure 8 coils to prevent twists and kinks on the rope. Is there a reason why you did not do that?
I stopped coiling rope or line around my elbow when I was twelve. Coiling a line of a higher diameter, I always create coils by giving the line a gentle roll in its natural direction so it coils in a loop as opposed to a figure-8. If you are coiling 100m of 10mm line, it will never all fit around your elbow and your hand. The technique of using a bight at the top of the coil will still work.
different method, just take tag end to tag end, double, double till you have about foot-foot and a half then grab the whole rope and tie a simple overhand knot and that's it. Using that method you can throw a dozen or more ropes in your bag of different lengths and you can identify and grab any length of rope that you want without anything tangling up
isn't the alpine coil coiled around your neck, not your arm, so you can throw it over your shoulder? Just saying. it is pretty useless in the mountaineering world. I have never personally used it.
Stopped watching 46 seconds in, any contractor or experience person working with cords, cables, hoses, knows the last way to coil a rope is around your elbow. I always cringed watching the new guy on the job who would start wrapping with his elbow. Best way to turn anything with memory in it into a slinky.
Instead of tugging on all of the cords to the left of the bight you've formed, just tug a bit on the right side of the bight itself, observe which cord moves on the left side, and that's the one to tighten the bight.
while coiling the ropes, i noticed that you did not do the figure 8 coils to prevent twists and kinks on the rope. Is there a reason why you did not do that?
Your the best at teaching knots. Thank you. Stephen, Ohio
Looks pretty, but doesn't hold all that well. Don't coil from hand to elbow, traps twists in coil. Learn to coil line free hanging.
This is the way my mother used to coil her washing line, it usually tangled into a figure 8.
I stopped coiling rope or line around my elbow when I was twelve. Coiling a line of a higher diameter, I always create coils by giving the line a gentle roll in its natural direction so it coils in a loop as opposed to a figure-8. If you are coiling 100m of 10mm line, it will never all fit around your elbow and your hand. The technique of using a bight at the top of the coil will still work.
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different method, just take tag end to tag end, double, double till you have about foot-foot and a half then grab the whole rope and tie a simple overhand knot and that's it. Using that method you can throw a dozen or more ropes in your bag of different lengths and you can identify and grab any length of rope that you want without anything tangling up
fred hoedt doesn't that take forever to untie though?
very good
Good to know. Thanks!
Thanks a lot!
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nice thanks
isn't the alpine coil coiled around your neck, not your arm, so you can throw it over your shoulder? Just saying. it is pretty useless in the mountaineering world. I have never personally used it.
Stopped watching 46 seconds in, any contractor or experience person working with cords, cables, hoses, knows the last way to coil a rope is around your elbow. I always cringed watching the new guy on the job who would start wrapping with his elbow. Best way to turn anything with memory in it into a slinky.
Yeah BUT!!!
Absolutely the wrong way