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{{Short description|Fixed loop knot which can jam when heavily loaded}}
{{Knot-details
| name=Trident loop
| image=TridentLoop06.jpg
| type= loop
| strength= 
| origin= 
| related= [[Ashley's bend]], [[Figure-eight knot]], [[Zeppelin loop]]
| releasing= 
| uses= Forming fixed loop in end of a line
| caveat= 
}}

The '''trident loop''' is a fixed [[loop (knot)|loop]] [[knot]] which can jam when heavily loaded. It was proposed as a replacement for the [[figure-of-eight loop]] for use in [[climbing]] by Robert M. Wolfe, MD, who developed it as a loop form of [[Ashley's bend]].  While some tests indicate its strength lies somewhere between the weaker [[Bowline]] and stronger figure-of-eight loop, the trident loop shows exceptional resistance to slipping in shock-loading tests.<ref name="budcomp">Geoffrey Budworth, ''The Complete Book of Knots'' (London: Octopus, 1997), 94.</ref>

==Tying==
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Image:TridentLoop01.jpg|1. Start with a rope end.
Image:TridentLoop01.1.jpg|2. Start an [[overhand knot]], leaving enough rope for the loop and the rest of the knot.
Image:TridentLoop01.2.jpg|3. Complete the overhand knot.
Image:TridentLoop02.jpg|4. Form the loop by wrapping the working end around, and then form a [[Bight (knot)|bight]] in the working end.
Image:TridentLoop03.jpg|5. Feed the bight ''through'' the overhand knot.
Image:TridentLoop04.jpg|6. Wrap the remaining working end around the back of the knot.
Image:TridentLoop05.jpg|7. Feed the working end up through the bight.
Image:TridentLoop06.jpg|8. Tighten. This is the completed loop.
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==See also==
*[[List of knots]]

==References==
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[[Category:Climbing knots]]