Double overhand noose

The cave node is a special node from the caving.

Name and history

This node is used by French and Austrian cavers and is also in Germany and Switzerland becoming increasingly popular. In the nautical one uses two of these nodes for connecting ends equally strong as a double fisherman's knot. Of the cavers it is therefore sometimes fisherman's knot loop or double demi pêcheur called.

Application

The cave knot (also called fisherman's knot loop ) used to attach the rope static or the dynamic rope to the snap hook. Here, the hook is fixed in the node that it does not move and thus can be more easily handled. It is not designed for the direct integration to the harness.

This also quickdraws can be produced, or short loops, self- assurance, called caving in " Longe ". In France, such a lunge were tested for tensile strength, impact force and knot strength. The cave node brings the lowest values ​​in the impact force and is accordingly best suited for self- assurance.

Self- assurance " lunge "

Tie

The cave node is a two-strand Bändselknoten with two ( instead of three ) windings, it consists of a double overhand knot at the fixed end and can be tied in different ways.

Second cruise

By plug end

Tighten

Alternatives

• The climbers use carabiner clip the figure-eight knot.
• Should the node to the carabiner under train be solvable, the Mountain Rescue nodes.
• Sailors use the shackle to Gordingstek.
• To include a thimble of two-strand Bändselknoten serves.

Modifications

• A triple About knot is used to integrate a thimble and is called two-strand Bändselknoten.
• Tied with two ropes he is one half of the double fisherman's knot.
• Without loop corresponds to a " two-fold " Franciscan nodes.
• If an object is involved instead of a loop which corresponds according to abok # 1239 the Strangleknot.