page_title: Coiling
section_title: Butterfly coil
hierarchical_section_title: Coiling / Butterfly coil
caption_attribution_description: English: Tying the Butterfly coil, finished
context_page_description: A coiling or coil is a curve, helix, or spiral used for storing rope or cable in compact and reliable yet easily attainable form. They are often discussed with knots.
  Rope are often coiled and hung up in lofts for storage. They are also hung over stakes in farm wagons and on hooks in moving vans, fire apparatus and linesmen's repair trucks. For such active storage coils must be well made.
  — The Ashley Book of Knots
context_section_description: The butterfly coil (also known as a backpacker's coil) is a method used by climbers for storing and transporting a climbing rope. Slinging the coiled rope over the shoulders and tying it in place for carrying earns the technique its alternative name.
  Unlike the alpine coil it cannot be attached to a harness for climbing, and thus is useful only for transporting a rope to and from where it must be used.
  The method is also useful for much smaller items such as for keeping earphone cables from tangling.
caption: Tying the Butterfly coil, 3-finished
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