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by roessland
1915 days ago
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In multipitch climbing the clove hitch is used to attach yourself to every belay. In this situation adjustment is useful. It usually only holds body weight, and it's always tied in a carabiner, so you can slide the carabiner out instead of untying. It doesn't slip with climbing ropes either. So it's perfect for climbing. |
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It's what I use between my harness and the anchor to tie myself to the belay
I have used it with, say, guy lines on a tent, and it is finicky there, or around a tree... but with a 9mm climbing rope and a carabiner it's quite good.
It's easy to inspect, it is easy to tell if you've tied a girth or munter hitch on accident, and it's easy to untie by removing the carabiner.
Best of all, it's very easy to adjust without fully undoing the knot, and so you can change the length of the tether quickly.