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Old 20th July 2007, 03:55 PM   #110 (permalink)
gdstorrick
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Originally Posted by boa07 View Post
Thanks for the clarification on the name of the knot Gary I've been calling the unbraided VT a fench prussik for ages for some reason don't know why, the 6 wrap version is pretty much what I climb on all the time now, esp when on pulleys or FS.

Perhaps I'm not the only one who is confused about it? http://ozultimate.com/canyoning/knots/french_prusik/ this is what I tie using bee line with spliced eyes and what I see in the photo from Dan of Mark's set up above his hand ascender.
That one is what I've always seen called an "autoblock." To add to the confusion, my web site has a cut and paste error. I duplicated the Frenck Prusik page to get the layout for the autoblock page, and then changed everything except the page title. OOPS! Gotta fixit...hope I'm knot tablame ferthissun

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