Knot-Tying for Rock Climbing

[MarioatSA]

@thumlyly Look at his harnass and try to find the two tie-in loops .. gogogog I dare u

[KnifeHQ]

Superb video! The directions are very clear and easy to follow. Keep up the awesome how-to's!

[toastedmonkeys]

Thanks

[zman117]

i can tie my shoes

[blazessing]

old style?

[geomonger]

Dude i think he needs a mango

[Mykified]

@BugabooTucker Actually the 'double' refers to how many loops you make. A single fisherman's would only make one loop for the end to go through.

[alexander9699]

so easy to tie this knot

[kaliguy05]

great video

[TheDanielRagsdale]

@BugabooTucker that was a double fisher man knot a single fisher man you wrap only once. your thinking of a grape vine knot which is to apposing double fisher man knots (grape vine knot also known as double fisher man knot even though it uses two double fisher man knots

[icychap]

That Fishermans looks like a blood knot.

[plasterdbastard]

the Figure Eight Follow Through is also called a Surgeon's Knot or a Surgeon's Loop. The technique used in this video is actually harder than that employed by flyfishermen.

Also, you've only shown the single fisherman's knot, the double fisherman's knot is employed when we join two lines or two ropes together. As such, you need two lines.

[rap9206]

Love it

[flipperwavy]

its very hard

[WolfriksWorld]

Thanks! Just had my first lesson - and was worried I'd forget it next week.

[pussiestroker]

embarrassed to say, the figure eight took me the whole first lesson to get a hang of cause I couldn't really tell which one's the reference rope that I should follow.

[intotheblue222]

@pussiestroker same here...I felt dumb...but it's not that easy

[pussiestroker]

@intotheblue222 I wanna climb so bad but I don't have a belayer :(

[Smethjt05]

The SINGLE fisherman's knot should be as close to the figure eight as possible- this will keep it from sliding down the rope and loosening up. Also, some inexperienced climbers tying a figure eight on a bite attached to a belay loop with a beaner may tie this back-up knot too high, then later on re-clip the slacked loop created by the fisherman's after it has loosened up due to the high placement. Bad idea... just make sure there is more than 8 inches of tail after tying the retraced 8.

[holybrady3000]

spot on

[turmat01]

technically, you should not have to de the fisherman knot in the end... this should be done only if you have too much rope coming out of the figure eight, which shouldn't happens once you get used to it.

Also, if you have enouh rope to do that, there is another thing you should do instead. can't explain it with word but anyway, the rope can be passed another time in the figure 8, to go back toward you. it help you untie the knot, without having chances of it slipping.

[csheldonargh]

Can you share with us the name of that knot? I'm interested in it!

[turmat01]

It doenst have a name.. one of my friend invented it (although I'm sure he's not the first one to do it). Then he brought that to a place where they have a machine to test the stenght of the knot to be sure it doen't affect the quality of the knot, and it did not affect the knot in any point. It simply make it easier to untie after a big fall. I don't see how I could show it to you guys though... I have nothing to record me doing it :S

[turmat01]

I tried to do a drawing if it... its bad, but it could help you understand... PM me your email I'll send it to you...

[kcirtapegur]

Its called a sport knot modify.

[laidbackandfun]

can you please post on here how to self belay if im climbing on my own

thanks

[transformersgod]

is it safe to use the bowline knot please right

[shillelaghslaw]

NO, only the figure 8 with the fishermen knot should be used to rope your self into the harness, the bowline is not reliable and can slip when force it put to it. Also the rope is elastic, meaning it stretches so the bowline knot can slip out.

[EvanED]

There are plenty of sources that state that at least some variations on the bowline are safe for climbing. (See, e.g., The Mountaineering Handbook by Connelly.) In fact, there is a variation that is sometimes called a bowline with Yosemite finish that, by my understanding, comes from climbers in Yosemite.

I suggest that backing up the bowline is a good idea (as opposed to the retraced figure eight, where it mostly serves to make sure there's enough tail), as the bowline is more prone to slip.

[vethejazi]

Thanks! IT was easy to follow!

[julara13]

great refresher video

[cruse13]

great

[extracoolperson01]

thank you!! this helped a lot

[lateddie]

thx