Vertical caving terminology and methods > SRT basic terms
Where the up rope descends past a rebelay for about a metre, then climbs back up to the rebelay's knot. This is used to clip a cows tails into, to provide enough excess to lock off a descender, and to stand in in order to unclip a cows tail. Some descenders may need much more than others in order to be locked off, and it is common for riggers not to leave enough for a rack to be hard locked. If it has been left too short, then a top jammer and footloop might be needed instead. If it has been left too long, then the rope may need to be wrapped several times around the foot, or a knot may be tied to waste the excess rope, in order to reduce its effective length. Not to be confused with the knot's own loop.
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