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The girth hitch, or larksfoot, master point climbing anchor has come into vogue, with climbers extoling the virtues of their ease to tie and untie along with the minimal gear needed to make them. But, like all things in climbing, there are pros and cons to these climbing anchors, and we need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of some of our options when we construct them.