cinching knot

eptreeservices

does anyone just girth hitch a caribeaner on a spliced eye climbing line for a cinching knot or does this not count?

Gunslinger

I've used the girth hitch to attach to a carabiner with a rope that had a 5" eye splice at the end. I always wonder why a climbing rope would use a 5" eye splice and not a tight eye that can just go around the carabiner. The girth hitch/5" eye combo is kind of big when compared to a tight eye.

spartek

A girth hitch has double the rope at the most weekest link, the carabiner, due to the radius and the "nature" of the hitch itself. The spliced eye would break before the girth hitch.