Vertical caving terminology and methods > Knots > Common knots
A threaded knot that is sometimes used as a safety knot, or as the knots in a knotted handline. Made from an overhand knot with an extra turn, although the final knot does not look anything like an overhand knot when it is set, because it pulls into a very different shape. Climbers may call this a stopper knot, confusing it with both a caver's stopper knot (which it is the non-hitch version of) and a safety knot (which is what climbers use it for).
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