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bmj on April 14, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mary Anderson, a Founder of the Outdoor Cooperativ...

Technical climbers will often refer to this as an electrician's coil[0] because a daisy chain[1] is a specific type of runner.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaEv9wm6gy0 [1] https://www.rei.com/product/113898/black-diamond-12mm-dynex-...

semi-extrinsic on April 14, 2017 [–]

The electrician's coil is very nice, especially the quick unraveling. I always re-tie survival bracelets into these kinds of braids - I dunno who has five minutes to untie their regular-braid survival bracelets in case of emergency.

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