Distel

Mark Adams (Arborist News, April 2005) wrote, "Arbor lore is that a climber named Uli Distel attempted to tie the Schwabich but neglected to change the direction of the split-tail when he made the turns above the bridge. It turned out that this configuration worked well for climbing, and the knot was given the name Distel."

Unlike the Taut-line Hitch, both ends of the split-tail are connected to a carabiner in the climbing system.