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The discussion continues. Posting doesn't.
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Tuesday at the wall. Same knot. Different Tuesday.
9.0There is something reassuring about Martin posting essentially the same excellent knot every Tuesday.
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Yosemite finish. Again.
Can we separate the question of which finish someone means from whether Rupert thinks it looks elegant? I've put the reading below.
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Rate this. Be honest. Actually, be fairly gentle.
8.0Hope the course went well. Keep asking the instructor questions and keep doing your partner checks.
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Tail length: can we please use the same units?
So far I've had millimetres, inches, a fist, and 'a decent amount'. I'll ask the instructor. Please stop sending photographs of your hands.
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A bowline. For the photography, not the referendum.
Different knots have different uses. I've linked the manufacturer's guidance. Can we discuss the photograph without reranking all of climbing?
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The GRIGRI video. The actual one.
Putting Petzl's guidance here so we can find it again. For the technique, watch them, not Darren's impression of them.
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Does the photograph need to be this close?
I can see individual fibres. Is this normal?
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Clove hitch drops to third. Requesting an explanation.
It has done nothing differently this week.
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Not technically a knot submission.
Tied my shoes properly before the session. Thought you would appreciate the update.
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Knot of the week announcement.
Figure eight.
No knots found.
Even Tom hasn't posted about that yet.
You're up to date.
The knots are unlikely to have changed.
All that way and this is the photo you post.
Quite right too. Lovely bit of rope, that.
Is that the new 9.5? Hard to tell from the photo.
Nice blue.