Talk:Klemheist knot

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[edit] French prusik?

This external link [1] does suggest the Klemheist the same as a French prusik. However I'm willing to believe this could be wrong, as suggested by recent edits. Anybody have a link, image or other ref for a French prusik which might clarify the situation? I don't have any climbing references handy at the moment, but will check next time I get a chance. --Dfred 16:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Modification of non encyclopedic tone

I modified the following sentence primarily because of tone, being place in the external links section and use of personal pronouns. I did confirm that "klem" does mean clamp in Dutch, but in German it is "Klemme". Though I can not confirm that is why the knot is named that, it is also at times a last name. If someone has any references to the general class of knots being named klemmnoten, please place that back in the text.

Before

NB: Sometimes the knot name is misspelled 'Kleimheist'--extra "i". ("Klem" I believe means "clamp" or ... in German; the general class of knots seems to be "klemmnoten".

After

Sometimes the knot name is misspelled Kleimheist, with an extra i. Klem means clamp in Dutch.

WikipedianYknOK 01:00, 11 August 2007 (UTC)