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Originally Posted by bigshea13  myself, i use two running bowlines. strength is not sacrificed, its always able to be undone, and everyone knows how to tie it...even the ground guys. |
I'd argue that, got a pic? I think the bend ratio where the two ropes meet would be a servere weak point, much weaker than a rethreaded 8 anyway. Bowline are generally around 65% strength for termination use. Figure 8's in comparison 80%.