Originally Posted by
Graybeard
I'm looking for a quick, simple, way to tie AmSteel Blue to descender rings. I have incorporated descender rings into the gathers at the ends of the hammock. My plan is to secure single lines of 7/64" Amsteel Blue to tree huggers with eye splices and toggles and to make adjustments at the descender rings at the hammock ends.
I find that slippery half-hitches slip under very little load. No surprise. Adding a second slippery half-hitch holds much better but still slips. This did surprise me. Then I tied a single half-hitch, inserted a hardwood toggle into the loop, pulled the loop tight against the toggle, and was surprised to find that it did not slip.
The suspension line was at a pretty common 30* angle but the load in the hammock was a pretty light 130#, namely me.
Undoing, the toggle in the loop was now pretty tight but came out easily enough because the toggle was hardwood and quite smooth. A toggle of opportunity from the forest floor or a softwood toggle would most likely present a problem.
Can anyone suggest a knot that would readily untie without requiring a toggle? Note that for convenience the knot should tie in a bight--not requiring dragging the entire tail end through the knot.
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