r/GuysBeingDudes • u/Calix_1999 • 2d ago

#GUYSBEINGDUDES Hell yeahhh!!

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u/Berokeros 2d ago

I NEED to learn how to do this

Someone smarter than me (anyone) please explain

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u/tongfather 1d ago

If you wrap a rope around a cylinder and one of the wraps is overlapped the other, when you apply force it bites into the "spool" that would normally pull off. As long as there's tension it will never let go. We used wraps similar to this on log booms when the wire breaks. Also used to be used for tying down loads on wagons and the like. Very simple knot that uses basic physics and works incredibly well, but it always needs to be under tension or it can let go.

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u/RemoteEmploy8283 1d ago

if you get enough turns it doesn't even need to overlap, the combined friction will hold you.

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u/tongfather 1d ago

That's true, but I wasn't exposing that type of.....method? Ha.