Uploaded August 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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***Attention*** Plight to Freedom is now The Cargo Cult Café. Same type of content with added weirdness.

Basically you decide how big of a tensioner you'll need. I ended up with a 7.5" tensioner. The length of the tensioner completely stretched out is 19" with 2" loops on either side and 15" from knot to knot.

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