{"id":222,"date":"2009-02-25T21:51:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T05:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/mudworm\/?p=222"},"modified":"2016-12-20T11:13:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T19:13:20","slug":"figure-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/mudworm\/2009\/02\/figure-nine","title":{"rendered":"Climbing: My Favorite Rappel Knot &#8212; Figure 9 (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Figure 9 is my favorite rappel knot because I believe it offers following advantages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>low profile (maybe arguable depending on what you compare it with)<\/li>\n<li>quick to tie,<\/li>\n<li>stands flat when pulled over a rock,<\/li>\n<li>easy to untie when loaded,<\/li>\n<li>works well with ropes of different diameters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of these traits are shared by other knots, but no other seems to have &#8217;em all. \u00c2\u00a0I won&#8217;t try to convince you to go with it, but it won&#8217;t hurt to give it a try, at least at home, right?<\/p>\n<p>People on a climbers&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rock-rendezvous.org\/mail\/\" target=\"_blank\">mailing list<\/a> I&#8217;m on asked about Figure 9 knot, so I made this video (1 minute 55 seconds). If, for whatever reason, you hate Figure 9 knot, please don&#8217;t kill the messenger.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"480\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/mudworm\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-flv\/jwflvplayer\/player.swf?file=http:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/videos\/20090225Figure9Knot_640x480.flv\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/mudworm\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-flv\/jwflvplayer\/player.swf?file=http:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/videos\/20090225Figure9Knot_640x480.flv&amp;image=http:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/videos\/20090225Figure9Knot.jpg\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the making of this video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was a long discussion on rappel knots on the mailing list. I didn&#8217;t follow the whole thread, but noticed that many people expressed difficulties in visualizing a Figure 9 knot. Out of fondness of this knot, I decided to make a video. So while driving home from work, I laid out a plan in my head and visualized every &#8220;move&#8221;. When I got home, it took me 5 minutes to prepare, 2 minutes to <strong>on-sight<\/strong> the shooting, and 3 minutes to cleanup. Inserting the texts using Windows Movie Maker was a 15 minute effort, but it took me most of the evening waiting for the video file to upload. But now I&#8217;m getting the system down. It&#8217;s so easy to make a video and put it up. That is pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bstorage.com\/speleo\/Pubs\/rlenergy\/Default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bstorage.com\/speleo\/Pubs\/rlenergy\/Default.htm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.animatedknots.com\/knotlist.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&amp;Website=www.animatedknots.com\" target=\"_blank\">Animated Knots<\/a> (119 knots, but missing Figure 9)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figure 9 is my favorite rappel knot because I believe it offers following advantages: low profile (maybe arguable depending on what you compare it with) quick to tie, stands flat when pulled over a rock, easy to untie when loaded, works well with ropes of different diameters. 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