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Re: pic: CIA 291 Robot Reveal

Apologies then I am colorblind I may have missed the knot. See you in week 3!

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Originally Posted by Classified* View Post
We were using a monkey fist knot in the video, but have since changed it to a different, flatter knot that works just as well with our climber. I call it the triangle knot. It is flatter, because we had a problem with the rope wrapping around the ~1" monkey knot and stalling the winch because the effective diameter became too big. The new knot fixed this perfectly though.
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