Plasmech
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This is just a hypothetical situation, would probably never do this exactly, but...
Say I have two trees. I tie a running bowline on one, close to the ground, say 6 feet up, and then I want to tie in to the other tree, so I'll have like a clothe-sline. Is there a knot I can put on the second tree that will allow be to pull on it (or its tail) as hard as possible and have the slack come out, permanantly, of the "clothesline"? Sort of like a big wire-tie, or a "ratcheting knot", you get the idea. I guess a Blakes would work but doesn't seem permament, like it could easily work its way lose.
Or say I'm up in a tree and want to drop a chunk. I tie a bowline to the top of my chunk and my ground helper pulls it toward the face, except as backup, I want the rop tied to a tree base so if he slips, the chunk can't come back the other way. If he ties in to a tree base and takes all the slack out, he can just sort of push down / sit on the rope to apply tension...
I could think of many uses for this knot, one simple one is tying between tie-downs in my truck. An ideas? Thanks.
Say I have two trees. I tie a running bowline on one, close to the ground, say 6 feet up, and then I want to tie in to the other tree, so I'll have like a clothe-sline. Is there a knot I can put on the second tree that will allow be to pull on it (or its tail) as hard as possible and have the slack come out, permanantly, of the "clothesline"? Sort of like a big wire-tie, or a "ratcheting knot", you get the idea. I guess a Blakes would work but doesn't seem permament, like it could easily work its way lose.
Or say I'm up in a tree and want to drop a chunk. I tie a bowline to the top of my chunk and my ground helper pulls it toward the face, except as backup, I want the rop tied to a tree base so if he slips, the chunk can't come back the other way. If he ties in to a tree base and takes all the slack out, he can just sort of push down / sit on the rope to apply tension...
I could think of many uses for this knot, one simple one is tying between tie-downs in my truck. An ideas? Thanks.