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But if you have to finish it off with a bowline then why bother tying it in the first place? I'll tie a running bowline and I'll take a second wrap around the log before tying if I need to reduce the load on the knot. Why tie two knots? We constantly strive to make every movement more efficient...

I dislike the clove because it rolls out, it's worthless without a stopper knot. Why tie two separate knots to do the job of one? Of course I'm biased on the matter. I was talked into using a clove hitch one time about 20 years ago. The chunk rolled out and bounced off the edge of the roof...

This is yet another example of why I carry a couple loop runners on speedline carabiners. On that limb I would use the loop runners instead of half hitches or pulleys, then just clip them onto the lowering line. It doesn't keep the limb together so much, but it would catch the big pieces and...