Video of Scott's Locked Bowline Slipping on Protrusion

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@agent_smith post:2

To anyone reading and viewing this post - including the video.

THIS IS HOW MISINFORMATION PROPAGATES ON THE INTERNET

Look in the mirror. As I mentioned in the other thread, I’m not taking any testing advice from someone who assumes that knots are only allowed to exist in taut line:

@agent_smith post:10

Answer: No - there is no such vulnerability and no such failure mode in real-world climbing conditions.

Assumptions:

4. That the tie-in knot was maintained under continuous body weight at all times during the test.

Something about KnotLikely’s rope is close enough to the BlueWater II in the video. It’s probably the coefficient of friction. The single coil just isn’t enough for lower friction rope in this scenario:

https://youtu.be/FdjatFCItHE