Snoopy loop

Snoopy loop

A Snoopy loop is a term used in the British caving and cave diving community to describe a heavy duty elastic band made from a slice of a car inner tube. They have a wide variety of uses from sealing cuffs of oversuits and collars of boots against the ingress of water, to holding kneepads and elbow pads in place, to securing dive lines to small rocks [cite web |url=http://www.beyondmag.co.uk/cave/tsnoopy.htm |title=Snooply loops |publisher=Beyond the Blue |author=Martyn Farr] . When they get lost they are recognizable as common form of litter [Cite web |url=http://www.bec-cave.org.uk/content/view/505/32/1/9/ |publihser=Bristol exploration Club |title=Ten Go Caving In Sutherland |year=1992 |author=Peter Glanville] . They can also come in handy in the case of an accident for holding injured joints very tightly in place [Cite web |url=http://www.gregbrock.co.uk/content/view/324/68/ |title=04-Aug-01: Hirlatz Hohle |author=Greg Brock] .

The origin is unknown. The name probably comes from the fact that they are black and dangly like Snoopy's ears, and the words rhyme.

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