Yep, that HH lashing always holds ( for me ) and always releases easily, though freezing rain might add some difficulty. So does Speer's wrap or Hogn8ter's round turn with 2 half hitches. So does the Marine Nylon rope cleat, and usually I have no trouble with the cinch buckles, as long as there is at least a little slack ( after laying in it ) that I can pull towards the tree while loosening.
But I can see that frozen water might cause some difficulty with all of them.
YB, i have noticed that sometimes a slippery knot, if i just yank really fast, the bight will twist and then jam, then i have to pull the bight back and try again, but if i'm careful and pull slow, i can see the bight begin to twist all i have to do is hold it so it pulls straight and it always will pop fine. i havent tried any of this with the hh gear, so i don't know, but i suspect that the bight might have gotten twisted/kinked as you were trying to pull it through which might have caused it to jam.
I don't know what Dave's answer will be, but I remember one trip in particular that I was on some years back.
I've been out lots of times when it was well below freezing at night, but this trip above freezing during the day & wet.
So that night everything froze hard.
I had to beat the ice out of knots to untie them, & I may have ended up cutting at least one.
Had to do the same to get the webbing on my pack to slide through the "Fastex Ladder Lock Buckles" too.
I too will something make and joy in it's making
The icing was wasn't very much but it was enough that we had to use a tarp stake to pry it off a few inches at a time while we pulled as well. It took a few minutes. One hammock setup used hollow braid polypropylene rope and it didn't take anything special for it. Sometimes extra contact area works against you.
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