How many folks have died when their death knot came undone, (if any, it was a freak accident)?
How many folks have died or had a horro epic when their rap ropes got stuck and they had to bivy or do something slow and/or desparately dangerous to free them, I’m sure we will never know but I bet there are plenty. The zero profile of an overhand is a truly significant advantage that I have personally experienced significantly helping in rope retrieval. When I KNOW there is no sweat pulling the ropes, I use a double fishermans, just to keep my partners from getting nervous, but when there is a doubt, it is the oEDK! From: Dave Andersen The inversion of an overhand is a much less serious event than the inversion of a figure 8. Furthermore, if you actually look at the test data, you’ll note that after one inversion, the next inversion occurs at a considerably higher level of force. If you leave 12″ of tails on a pretty poorly tightened overhand, you’re still not going to die until the force on the ropes gets to over 1200 pounds or so. Sure, I’ll give you that you could do this if you r
