Vertical caving terminology and methods > Knots > Common knots
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A hitch tied by threading, that is sometimes used by mistake instead of a stopper knot. A doubled form of the half hitch tied on a bight may be used to lock off some types of descender, particularly as a form of hard lock for some designs of rack. Made from an overhand knot that is tied around another rope, or another piece of the same rope. It is supposed to be dressed as a noose version of a single hitch, but that is quite unstable unless it is kept under constant tension, so the knot tends to end up dressed like a half knot. Sometimes used to loosely tie the end of a rope to a tackle bag so that the ends can be easily found, or so that the bag can be hauled up on the end of a rope.
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