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Abseiling tips, tricks, habits and advice 2-Jun-2014 At 7:45:38 PM kieranl

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On 2/06/2014 One Day Hero wrote:
>On 30/05/2014 Olbert wrote:
>>Has anyone ever pulled their ropes with a knot still in the end? This
>>could result in all manner of dodgyness depending on the situation.
>>
>Just tie both ends together in a single overhand knot, that way if you
>forget to untie it you can always pull the other end to get the knot back
>to you.
>
>Rapping off the end of the ropes kills lots of climbers, I don't really
>understand the arguments against knotting the ends together.

I'm totally with ODH on the risks here. I hate having the rope ends knotted together because they kink so badly on long raps so I knot each tail separately. Neither option is a free lunch but pick a method and use it.