Artillery loop
| Artillery loop |
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| Names |
Artillery loop, Artilleryman's knot, Manharness knot, Manharness loop, Harness loop, Harness hitch, Belayer's hitch[1] |
| Category |
Loop |
| Related |
Farmer's loop, Alpine butterfly knot, Span loop, Marlinespike hitch |
| Releasing |
Non-jamming |
| Caveat |
Must have load, may slip unexpectedly under tension creating a running knot or noose |
| ABoK |
#153, #428, #532,[2] #1050, #1051 |
The artillery loop or harness loop is a knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes. The artillery loop must have the loop loaded or it will slip and contract easily. It is an inferior knot to the alpine butterfly knot,[3] possibly dangerously so, in that it can be yanked out of shape and turn into a running knot or noose.[4]
Tying the knot
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Gregory, John Forrest (1989). Rock sport: tools, training, and techniques for climbers (1st ed.). USA: Stackpole books. p. 41. ISBN 0811722961.
- ^ Entry #532 on page 87 of The Ashley Book of Knots shows a diagram of the alpine butterfly knot under the name harness loop. Ashley appears to have illustrated or named the incorrect knot in this case. The butterfly knot, under the name Lineman's Loop, is shown and discussed as a distinct and specific knot throughout the rest of the book.
- ^ Ashley, Clifford W. (1944), The Ashley Book of Knots, New York: Doubleday, p. 191
- ^ Cyrus Lawrence Day (1986), The Art of Knotting and Splicing (4th ed.), Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, pp. 80–81
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