Standard Operating Procedure
Attraction: EUROBUNGY-TRAMPOLINE
August
2011
Policy: Standard Operating Procedures Manual
Approved: Peter Raidt
Page 15 of 39
How to repair the Loops when they snap.
The Loops are a natural product and there fore unpredictable sometimes in snapping.
Nevertheless you can tie them up without any problem. Here is how:
Tape knot (or Water knot)
The pictures are showing a webbing , it is the same with the elastics.
After doing the knot, spray some water on it before tying it !
Also take each end of the elastic into one hand.
Then twist one elastics’s tail end 10 times before knotting it!
The tape knot, as its name suggests, is
used to tie the ends of tape (webbing)
together, usually into a loop for an anchor.
It is actually just an overhand bend tied in
tape, but rarely known as such.
Note that
tape knots can fail under cyclic
, so you should make
sure that the knot has sufficient tails (20
cm/8 inches) if you have a number of
people abseiling off the anchor. You
should also check carefully if you are
using an anchor set by another party, as
the margin of safety may have diminished.
Start by tying an overhand knot in one
piece of tape, making sure not to
introduce any twists.
