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Stonehedge in reply to @chiroshi

Gah, alpine butterfly is of course a hitch and not a knot.

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chiroshi in reply to @Stonehedge

I wouldn't say so, the alpine butterfly stays in the rope regadless of whether it is fixed to an object, which I think qualifies it to be a knot.

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stevep in reply to @chiroshi

But you can't tie two ropes together with an alpine butterfly, so it fails the "knot" test.

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