Another Darwin candidate
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From an abseiling website:
'Doubtless there were many other variants and I remember one notable occasion in the Verdon when, prior to making the famously scary Luna Bong Ab, my climbing partner for the day (never met him before, or seen him since, thank goodness) objected to my own perfectly good knot and insisted on one of his own devising. Mr Smartarse did do a fine job of the knot, but unfortunately tied it with the two ends of his own rope, a fact he didn’t notice until after he had chucked both ropes over the top of the very high cliff…'
'Doubtless there were many other variants and I remember one notable occasion in the Verdon when, prior to making the famously scary Luna Bong Ab, my climbing partner for the day (never met him before, or seen him since, thank goodness) objected to my own perfectly good knot and insisted on one of his own devising. Mr Smartarse did do a fine job of the knot, but unfortunately tied it with the two ends of his own rope, a fact he didn’t notice until after he had chucked both ropes over the top of the very high cliff…'
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