Yes that's right as promised pictures of my favorite knots tied in various ropes of mine. Today we see the Alpine Butterfly.

This is a personal favorite because it's pretty, fun to tie, and functional.

Description

The alpine butterfly can be tied anywhere along a length of rope or cord. When tied correctly it will not slide or roll in either direction no matter how it is weighted.

Pros:

• easy to untie even after heavy weighting
• can be tied anywhere along the length of cord
• Safe to weight in any direction
• Easy to determine if tied correctly
• Just a real cutie
• Easy to tie even in gloves

Cons:

• unusual method to tie makes learning slightly difficult
• uses decent amount of rope
• Annoying to adjust once tied

Uses

So many. A few of the more common uses are...

• Can join multiple climbers together on a single strand such as for glacier travel or, less commonly, multiple followers on a single rope.
• Can be used to isolate damaged sections of rope so the rest is still usable.
• Anchor building and equalizing anchors especially when anchors are complex and have multiple fairly distant components