The alpine butterfly is a loop that you can create in the middle of a rope (without the ends). This makes it popular with climbers. You use this loop for many purposes including running rope through it or hooking items to it. It is useful when you want use the alpine butterfly to tension the rope as this will give you a mechanical advantage. This has an important application in camping where you might need to tension the guy lines. Saturday, 25 September 2010
Alpine Butterfly
The alpine butterfly is a loop that you can create in the middle of a rope (without the ends). This makes it popular with climbers. You use this loop for many purposes including running rope through it or hooking items to it. It is useful when you want use the alpine butterfly to tension the rope as this will give you a mechanical advantage. This has an important application in camping where you might need to tension the guy lines. 
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