Snoopy loop

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A Snoopy loop is a term used in the British caving and cave diving community to describe a heavy duty elastic band made from a slice of a car inner tube. They have a wide variety of uses from sealing cuffs of oversuits and collars of boots against the ingress of water, to holding kneepads and elbow pads in place, to securing dive lines to small rocks ^[1]. When they get lost they are recognizable as common form of litter ^[2]. They can also come in handy in the case of an accident for holding injured joints very tightly in place ^[3].

The origin is unknown. The name probably comes from the fact that they are black and dangly like Snoopy's ears, and the words rhyme.

[edit] References

1. ^ Martyn Farr. Snooply loops. Beyond the Blue.
2. ^ Peter Glanville (1992). Ten Go Caving In Sutherland.
3. ^ Greg Brock. 04-Aug-01: Hirlatz Hohle.