WEBVTT 00:00:00.060 --> 00:00:03.840 all right let's learn some knots shall we? 00:00:03.840 --> 00:00:06.660 now if you are one of these people 00:00:06.660 --> 00:00:09.300 who cannot remember how to tie knots and 00:00:09.300 --> 00:00:11.580 when to use which knot good news I 00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:13.620 gotcha in this video I'm gonna show you 00:00:13.620 --> 00:00:16.139 the most essential knots that can get 00:00:16.139 --> 00:00:19.560 you out of any situation and techniques 00:00:19.560 --> 00:00:23.520 how to tie them super fast and in a way 00:00:23.520 --> 00:00:25.920 that you will not forget how it's done 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.800 alright let's begin if I would ask you 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:31.380 to tie the most simple knot you can on 00:00:31.380 --> 00:00:34.020 the Rope you would do something like 00:00:34.020 --> 00:00:36.360 this 00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:39.660 and if you tighten this you will get an 00:00:39.660 --> 00:00:41.280 overhand knot 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.219 now if you would do the same what we 00:00:44.219 --> 00:00:46.079 just did 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:49.800 and wrap the tail once more 00:00:49.800 --> 00:00:53.219 you get something like that and if you 00:00:53.219 --> 00:00:56.340 tighten this and dress it well 00:00:56.340 --> 00:00:58.739 you will get a double overhand knot 00:00:58.739 --> 00:01:02.039 which is also known as a stopper knot so 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:04.080 this is the knot that should always live 00:01:04.080 --> 00:01:06.299 at the end of your rope and it's 00:01:06.299 --> 00:01:08.340 obviously used 00:01:08.340 --> 00:01:11.340 to stop your rope from slipping through 00:01:11.340 --> 00:01:13.860 your bling device and dropping your 00:01:13.860 --> 00:01:16.799 climber to death or yourself alright 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:18.360 let's continue 00:01:18.360 --> 00:01:21.600 make a gun with your right hand and 00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:25.080 place the Rope like so where the gun is 00:01:25.080 --> 00:01:27.780 pointing towards the end of the Rope 00:01:27.780 --> 00:01:30.420 now take the rope and wrap around your 00:01:30.420 --> 00:01:34.080 fingers like so and make an X here 00:01:34.080 --> 00:01:36.600 wrap the Rope again 00:01:36.600 --> 00:01:42.720 and put the tail through the X 00:01:42.720 --> 00:01:45.920 like so 00:01:46.740 --> 00:01:50.759 so now if you look into this you will 00:01:50.759 --> 00:01:53.340 notice that on one side we have two 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:55.619 parallel strands while on other side we 00:01:55.619 --> 00:01:57.840 have an X and the Rope is going through 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:01.619 the X if we tighten this we get a double 00:02:01.619 --> 00:02:04.200 overhand again or a stopper knot again 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:07.079 so in full speed it looks something like 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:08.280 this 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:10.739 and if you would want a triple overhand 00:02:10.739 --> 00:02:13.980 you make an X and then you make one 00:02:13.980 --> 00:02:15.780 extra Loop 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:19.020 kind of like extra X and put the detail 00:02:19.020 --> 00:02:19.980 through 00:02:19.980 --> 00:02:23.180 both of them 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:25.080 like so 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:27.300 so you would get that triple overhand 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:28.680 knot 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:31.080 okay let's make a gun again and 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:33.060 previously we had the gun pointing 00:02:33.060 --> 00:02:35.940 towards the tail this time we flip it 00:02:35.940 --> 00:02:39.000 around the gun points away from the tail 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:41.760 and we will tie the same knot as before 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:45.239 where we go once make an X 00:02:45.239 --> 00:02:50.099 and now we make a byte and put this byte 00:02:50.099 --> 00:02:52.920 through the X 00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:55.739 like so 00:02:55.739 --> 00:02:58.019 if you tighten this 00:02:58.019 --> 00:02:59.940 you should get exactly the same knot 00:02:59.940 --> 00:03:02.459 which has two parallel strands on one 00:03:02.459 --> 00:03:06.060 side and an x on the other side so this 00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:10.680 knot is a sliding knot if I load it it 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:13.019 slides 00:03:13.019 --> 00:03:15.420 until it cannot slide anymore so this is 00:03:15.420 --> 00:03:17.519 really great knot if you need a tight 00:03:17.519 --> 00:03:20.580 connection to some object for example in 00:03:20.580 --> 00:03:23.340 rope axis it's very commonly used to 00:03:23.340 --> 00:03:25.739 hook to the carabiners it prevents the 00:03:25.739 --> 00:03:28.260 Carabiner from flopping around or cross 00:03:28.260 --> 00:03:30.659 loading plus this knot is very very 00:03:30.659 --> 00:03:33.360 small and compact so this might be very 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:35.459 useful in certain rigging situations 00:03:35.459 --> 00:03:37.980 where you need to get very close to your 00:03:37.980 --> 00:03:39.959 Carabiner now one really important 00:03:39.959 --> 00:03:42.480 aspect about this knot is that it's 00:03:42.480 --> 00:03:44.819 pretty much impossible to visually check 00:03:44.819 --> 00:03:47.519 it that's why you have to do a function 00:03:47.519 --> 00:03:49.680 test meaning take your load line and 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:51.060 pull 00:03:51.060 --> 00:03:54.360 the loop should get smaller and the knot 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.299 will tighten if you tied it incorrectly 00:03:57.299 --> 00:03:59.700 as you pull on the load line this is 00:03:59.700 --> 00:04:01.080 what happens 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:03.720 the tail will slip out 00:04:03.720 --> 00:04:06.120 and this is called the death knot for a 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:08.040 reason and Def not basically happens 00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:11.220 then during the tying if you point your 00:04:11.220 --> 00:04:14.220 gun towards the tail so instead of that 00:04:14.220 --> 00:04:16.440 as I showed you before you point away 00:04:16.440 --> 00:04:19.019 from the tail and then you will get a 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:21.840 knot which functions properly 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:25.199 but always always function check now to 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:27.600 tie this knot around an object take the 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:29.940 tail and then you start wrapping this 00:04:29.940 --> 00:04:33.540 tail around the Rope like so so you go 00:04:33.540 --> 00:04:35.280 once 00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:37.620 and then when you go second time you 00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:41.280 form an X here and now you want to take 00:04:41.280 --> 00:04:44.280 the tail and pass through the X 00:04:44.280 --> 00:04:45.840 as always 00:04:45.840 --> 00:04:49.199 tail goes through the X and since this 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:51.780 knot consumes very little rope I like 00:04:51.780 --> 00:04:54.240 using it as a stopper knot tied to my 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:56.880 red end of my row bag 00:04:56.880 --> 00:04:59.340 so a great little knot 00:04:59.340 --> 00:05:02.520 but the biggest disadvantage of it is if 00:05:02.520 --> 00:05:06.000 you load it really hard you will have 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:09.720 really hard time untying it in this case 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:11.340 when you have a carabiner it's okay 00:05:11.340 --> 00:05:13.380 because you can unclip from Carabiner 00:05:13.380 --> 00:05:15.240 and then it's much easier to untie 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:17.880 however if you would tie onto some 00:05:17.880 --> 00:05:19.259 object 00:05:19.259 --> 00:05:22.860 then it's another story alright let's 00:05:22.860 --> 00:05:25.979 make another stopper knot but this time 00:05:25.979 --> 00:05:29.160 don't make it tight leave a little hole 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:31.680 here so you can stick your finger 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:33.660 through however instead of sticking my 00:05:33.660 --> 00:05:35.100 finger through I'm gonna stick another 00:05:35.100 --> 00:05:37.919 rope through now I'm gonna tighten the 00:05:37.919 --> 00:05:39.840 orange knot a little bit 00:05:39.840 --> 00:05:42.600 and now here is the trick notice the 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:45.240 last strand on the orange knot on the 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:47.820 right side so it's this one and it kind 00:05:47.820 --> 00:05:49.740 of goes that way 00:05:49.740 --> 00:05:52.380 so the trick is to start tying the green 00:05:52.380 --> 00:05:55.139 knot the same direction if I go the 00:05:55.139 --> 00:05:56.699 other direction it's not going to be 00:05:56.699 --> 00:06:00.060 good so I go the same direction I cross 00:06:00.060 --> 00:06:01.860 over itself 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:05.880 which forms an X as always and then I 00:06:05.880 --> 00:06:09.300 put the tail under the X as always 00:06:09.300 --> 00:06:12.240 so if I tighten the green knot 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:14.699 I tighten the orange knot 00:06:14.699 --> 00:06:17.820 and now if I pull them together we come 00:06:17.820 --> 00:06:19.080 together 00:06:19.080 --> 00:06:22.199 and form a knot which looks like this 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:24.720 where I have four parallel strands on 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:27.900 one side and if I flip it over I have 00:06:27.900 --> 00:06:30.120 two x's one 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:32.880 two so this knot is called double 00:06:32.880 --> 00:06:34.919 fisherman's knot and it's because 00:06:34.919 --> 00:06:37.620 fissures use this knot to join their 00:06:37.620 --> 00:06:40.020 fishing lines however in fishing lines 00:06:40.020 --> 00:06:41.819 since they're very skinny and slippery 00:06:41.819 --> 00:06:44.880 we often use triple or quadruple version 00:06:44.880 --> 00:06:46.979 of this knot while in climbing it's 00:06:46.979 --> 00:06:49.620 obviously a great knot to join two ropes 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:52.139 it's really secure you can use different 00:06:52.139 --> 00:06:55.020 diameters of the ropes however one 00:06:55.020 --> 00:06:57.960 disadvantage of this knot is that same 00:06:57.960 --> 00:07:01.020 as with scaffold before if you load it 00:07:01.020 --> 00:07:04.319 really heavy it's gonna be hard to untie 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.720 and of course there are other knots for 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:08.940 joining two ropes that are even better 00:07:08.940 --> 00:07:12.120 in certain situations I will cover them 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.520 in future episodes but for the basics 00:07:14.520 --> 00:07:16.800 double fisherman's is what everybody 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:19.620 should know okay next is the king of the 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:22.740 knots a figure of eight and there are 00:07:22.740 --> 00:07:25.740 two versions of this knot 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:28.319 and if that's something new for you I've 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.419 already made a video showing you my 00:07:30.419 --> 00:07:33.539 ninja method how to tie this knot in in 00:07:33.539 --> 00:07:36.900 a way that's easier to untie now if you 00:07:36.900 --> 00:07:39.660 know how to tie figure of eight into 00:07:39.660 --> 00:07:43.319 your harness you also know how to tie it 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.919 into some other object so you follow the 00:07:46.919 --> 00:07:50.960 same procedure of follow through 00:07:53.099 --> 00:07:54.960 so in case you don't want to use a 00:07:54.960 --> 00:07:57.599 carabiner here this is a great option so 00:07:57.599 --> 00:07:59.639 the method where you tie into your 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.699 harness or you tie around some object is 00:08:02.699 --> 00:08:04.080 called the figure of eight follow 00:08:04.080 --> 00:08:06.660 through however there is another way to 00:08:06.660 --> 00:08:08.880 tie a figure of eight when you want to 00:08:08.880 --> 00:08:11.880 do this in the middle of the rope and as 00:08:11.880 --> 00:08:17.120 you can see this method is really fast 00:08:17.520 --> 00:08:20.099 okay so this method is actually easier 00:08:20.099 --> 00:08:22.979 to show and to explain but I will try to 00:08:22.979 --> 00:08:26.039 do my best so I have a loop here with 00:08:26.039 --> 00:08:29.520 the tail at the bottom of my poem it's 00:08:29.520 --> 00:08:31.560 not here it's here 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:35.099 like so and now I will have to whip this 00:08:35.099 --> 00:08:36.240 tail 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:39.180 and this is how it looks you whip like 00:08:39.180 --> 00:08:41.419 so 00:08:49.680 --> 00:08:52.800 now at this point notice the hole where 00:08:52.800 --> 00:08:54.839 this thumb is poking through 00:08:54.839 --> 00:08:58.940 and use the left hand to take this tail 00:08:58.940 --> 00:09:02.160 under and through that hole where the 00:09:02.160 --> 00:09:04.920 thumb is poking through and I use my 00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:07.200 index finger of the right hand to come 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:09.120 and help to pull it through 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:10.459 pull it through 00:09:10.459 --> 00:09:14.160 and at this point this strand which goes 00:09:14.160 --> 00:09:16.500 to the tail sometimes wants to be on 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:19.680 this side but actually it needs to be on 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:21.360 the other side 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:25.339 now if you tighten everything 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:29.459 so the tail strand needs to come 00:09:29.459 --> 00:09:32.100 kind of on top 00:09:32.100 --> 00:09:34.260 this is bottom it needs to come on top 00:09:34.260 --> 00:09:36.360 if that's the case you will get a 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:38.399 perfect figure of eight which is also 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:40.860 going to be easy to untie because the 00:09:40.860 --> 00:09:43.080 load line this line 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:47.060 goes in the middle 00:09:50.160 --> 00:09:53.160 so real live speed looks something like 00:09:53.160 --> 00:09:54.300 this 00:09:54.300 --> 00:09:57.019 where I just need to fix this strand 00:09:57.019 --> 00:10:00.060 sometimes a little bit 00:10:00.060 --> 00:10:02.760 so this way of tying figure of eight is 00:10:02.760 --> 00:10:05.040 called Figure of eight on a byte 00:10:05.040 --> 00:10:06.899 so basically you need the secure 00:10:06.899 --> 00:10:09.300 attachment point on the Rope figure of 00:10:09.300 --> 00:10:10.800 eight 00:10:10.800 --> 00:10:13.500 now when it comes to safety you don't 00:10:13.500 --> 00:10:15.600 need any stopper knots for figure of 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.240 eight but this tail should be at least 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:21.120 10 centimeters long so basically one 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:23.160 fist or longer 00:10:23.160 --> 00:10:25.260 in my case I have two and a half fists 00:10:25.260 --> 00:10:27.660 so it's more than enough and if you 00:10:27.660 --> 00:10:29.519 would have a thinner rope you can 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.800 obviously proportionally have this tail 00:10:31.800 --> 00:10:34.200 shorter alright now let's learn about 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:36.899 hitches now if you're wondering what's 00:10:36.899 --> 00:10:39.600 the difference between a hitch and a 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.320 knot and not can hold its own shape 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:46.560 without any external objects needed like 00:10:46.560 --> 00:10:49.320 figure of eight while a hitch 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:54.540 cannot so this is holding me but if I 00:10:54.540 --> 00:10:58.140 remove this external object from the 00:10:58.140 --> 00:11:00.420 hitch the hitch will fall apart okay 00:11:00.420 --> 00:11:02.940 let's start with the cloves hitch take 00:11:02.940 --> 00:11:05.940 the rope with the right hand like so now 00:11:05.940 --> 00:11:08.700 the left hand crosses under the right 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:11.820 hand and takes the Rope legs so notice 00:11:11.820 --> 00:11:13.980 that the thumbs are pointing away from 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:16.260 each other and I have a little bit of 00:11:16.260 --> 00:11:19.860 rope slag between the hands now at this 00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:23.339 point uncross your arms and you will get 00:11:23.339 --> 00:11:25.079 something like this 00:11:25.079 --> 00:11:29.279 now the right Loop goes in front of the 00:11:29.279 --> 00:11:32.420 left one like so 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:36.480 so once again I cross my arms I uncross 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:39.540 them and then the right Loop slides on 00:11:39.540 --> 00:11:42.300 top of the left one and then you clip 00:11:42.300 --> 00:11:44.399 this to your Carabiner or any other 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.440 object 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:50.760 so and then you can pull on the ends to 00:11:50.760 --> 00:11:52.019 tighten it 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:54.839 now what's great about this hitch is 00:11:54.839 --> 00:11:57.360 that you can pull on either side of the 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.240 rope and it's gonna hold and if you want 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:01.500 to adjust 00:12:01.500 --> 00:12:04.019 you loosen the belly in the middle of 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:05.160 the knot 00:12:05.160 --> 00:12:08.940 like so let's say I want to stay at this 00:12:08.940 --> 00:12:11.279 length so I'm going to pull the other 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:14.899 end now like so 00:12:15.660 --> 00:12:19.019 and I'm secure so this cross and 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:21.000 uncrossed technique works really well 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:22.860 when you have two hands 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:25.320 and if you don't have two hands 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.620 available this is what you do you clip 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:31.740 the Carabiner as always normally now 00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:33.600 since the gate is pointing to the right 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:35.880 I'm gonna use my right hand and I'm 00:12:35.880 --> 00:12:37.920 gonna flip it upside down with the thumb 00:12:37.920 --> 00:12:40.680 pointing down and take the other rope 00:12:40.680 --> 00:12:43.320 which is behind the Carabiner at this 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:46.920 point I'm gonna untwist my hand and clip 00:12:46.920 --> 00:12:49.579 it to the gate 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:54.079 and screw the carabeter 00:12:54.180 --> 00:12:56.700 now when the gate is pointing left you 00:12:56.700 --> 00:12:58.740 need to use your left hand so the same 00:12:58.740 --> 00:13:00.600 flip it upside down with the thumb 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:04.260 pointing down grab the Rope untwist your 00:13:04.260 --> 00:13:05.279 hand 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:08.820 and clip it to the gate 00:13:08.820 --> 00:13:11.820 and cloveshitch is another great knot if 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:14.459 you like playing with sticks 00:13:14.459 --> 00:13:17.880 it holds really well 00:13:17.880 --> 00:13:20.100 I guess this will get a lot of comments 00:13:20.100 --> 00:13:22.279 right 00:13:22.380 --> 00:13:24.300 a great visual check if you did it 00:13:24.300 --> 00:13:27.000 correctly both strands that exit the 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:30.600 hitch need to exit from the middle of 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.779 the knot so we are both kind of squeezed 00:13:33.779 --> 00:13:35.339 inside 00:13:35.339 --> 00:13:38.339 and we're exiting on the opposite sides 00:13:38.339 --> 00:13:41.040 there is a rope between them okay next 00:13:41.040 --> 00:13:44.579 hitch starts exactly the same as before 00:13:44.579 --> 00:13:47.880 but at this point instead of sliding the 00:13:47.880 --> 00:13:50.279 right Loop over the left one imagine 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:53.220 that you have a book in front of you and 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:55.380 these Loops are kind of like pages of 00:13:55.380 --> 00:13:58.920 the book and you want to close the book 00:13:58.920 --> 00:14:00.959 like so 00:14:00.959 --> 00:14:03.779 so here is another angle I cross my arms 00:14:03.779 --> 00:14:07.620 I uncross and then I close the book now 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:10.860 what I'm doing here I'm twisting this 00:14:10.860 --> 00:14:13.440 like so before I'm clipping to the 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:15.660 Carabiner and the reason for this twist 00:14:15.660 --> 00:14:18.420 that I did is to keep 00:14:18.420 --> 00:14:21.660 the brake side of the Rope this one away 00:14:21.660 --> 00:14:23.940 from the gate so that this rope when 00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:25.980 it's running it's not running over the 00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:27.240 gate 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:30.000 so when I load the knot will flip this 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.880 is totally normal and then I can go down 00:14:32.880 --> 00:14:35.360 like so 00:14:35.700 --> 00:14:38.459 and as you might have guessed this is 00:14:38.459 --> 00:14:40.860 the knot or the hitch that you would use 00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:42.660 in case you would drop your billing 00:14:42.660 --> 00:14:44.940 device and now you need to go down so 00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:48.300 take a bit of Slack 00:14:48.300 --> 00:14:49.800 like so 00:14:49.800 --> 00:14:52.260 now one thing to know about this hitch 00:14:52.260 --> 00:14:54.720 is that the most breaking strength it 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:56.279 has when this 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:59.399 Trends are parallel to each other it's 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:02.820 not down here like on normal billing 00:15:02.820 --> 00:15:05.399 devices it's actually up in the case of 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:08.279 the repel like so 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:09.660 so 00:15:09.660 --> 00:15:12.180 like so and then you can lower yourself 00:15:12.180 --> 00:15:13.560 down 00:15:13.560 --> 00:15:15.839 so hopefully you will never need to use 00:15:15.839 --> 00:15:18.660 this but in case you do close your book 00:15:18.660 --> 00:15:21.060 or pray that's also a good way to 00:15:21.060 --> 00:15:24.300 remember you can also belay a climber 00:15:24.300 --> 00:15:26.940 using this one thing to know about that 00:15:26.940 --> 00:15:28.920 is that when you're switching between 00:15:28.920 --> 00:15:31.560 giving slack and taking slack the knot 00:15:31.560 --> 00:15:34.320 will flip upside down this is totally 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:35.760 normal 00:15:35.760 --> 00:15:38.519 so it keeps flipping every time you 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:41.880 switch taking slack to giving Slack 00:15:41.880 --> 00:15:44.820 that's how it should be another very 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:47.220 critical thing to know is that it will 00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:50.639 twist your rope like crazy so this is 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:54.000 not the best knot if you want to repel a 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.579 lot a lot a lot you will have a lot a 00:15:56.579 --> 00:15:59.040 lot a lot of tangles in your rope so in 00:15:59.040 --> 00:16:02.160 case of emergency once again cross your 00:16:02.160 --> 00:16:06.620 arms uncross and then pray 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:10.980 and before you go down don't forget to 00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:13.680 test it before you unclip any other 00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:15.620 protection 00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:18.959 all right moving on to friction hitches 00:16:18.959 --> 00:16:21.720 these are special hitches that can slide 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:24.839 on the Rope but when you load it it 00:16:24.839 --> 00:16:28.139 bites and this is super useful in wide 00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:30.480 variety applications from backuping your 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.540 bling device to rigging something where 00:16:33.540 --> 00:16:35.699 you need to tension the Rope more or 00:16:35.699 --> 00:16:38.940 rescuing somebody or yourself and I'm 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:41.279 gonna show you three most common hitches 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:43.500 but don't worry they're kind of similar 00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:45.899 so I'm gonna explain the differences so 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:48.060 you can understand in which application 00:16:48.060 --> 00:16:50.820 which one is better all right let's 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:53.459 start with the prusik the first thing I 00:16:53.459 --> 00:16:56.040 do when I type prusik is move my Loop 00:16:56.040 --> 00:16:58.079 to the side a little bit 00:16:58.079 --> 00:17:03.120 then I pass the knot through itself like 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:03.959 so 00:17:03.959 --> 00:17:06.120 and make it tight again 00:17:06.120 --> 00:17:09.540 then I pass the note one more time like 00:17:09.540 --> 00:17:12.559 so notice that I'm keeping these coils 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.480 coiling inwards towards each other like 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.380 here 00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:19.860 and then pass a third time 00:17:19.860 --> 00:17:21.199 like so 00:17:21.199 --> 00:17:24.900 now at this point I want to pull on one 00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:27.419 of these strands to offset the knot so 00:17:27.419 --> 00:17:29.880 I'm gonna pull on this strand 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.160 while maintaining 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:35.960 the knot neat 00:17:41.520 --> 00:17:43.860 and the result now to double check the 00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:46.980 prusik you can kind of see a big smiley 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:49.440 with the tongue and all the coils are 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:51.480 nice and parallel to each other there is 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:53.400 nothing overlapping here 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:58.620 and you can clip it to yourself like so 00:17:58.620 --> 00:18:01.200 and it should hold you 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:04.799 now prusik are not releasable under 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:06.240 tension 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:09.120 and when you load it hard it might be 00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:11.520 hard to release and to help to release 00:18:11.520 --> 00:18:13.980 you kind of want to open that mouth that 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:16.380 I was talking and that helps to loosen 00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:19.799 up the prusik so prusiks are very 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:22.200 strong and they work in both directions 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:24.720 so if you're not planning to move it 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:27.480 much in certain rigging situations this 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.660 is great all right next one is the Klemheist 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:33.780 for this one I like to offset the 00:18:33.780 --> 00:18:36.120 knot from the beginning and then take 00:18:36.120 --> 00:18:39.240 the other end behind the Rope kind of 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:42.720 measure one finger here and then you 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:46.500 start rolling around or wrapping around 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:49.380 or coiling around this is much easier 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:52.860 than original prusik and at this point 00:18:52.860 --> 00:18:55.740 you take the knot pass through the upper 00:18:55.740 --> 00:19:00.860 Loop like so and pull it down 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:05.880 so again it's important to make it very 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:10.140 nice and tidy and also to make sure that 00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:12.419 this Loop that you just passed your rope 00:19:12.419 --> 00:19:15.660 through is not longer than entire length 00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:16.919 of the knot 00:19:16.919 --> 00:19:19.320 of course when you're gonna load it it's 00:19:19.320 --> 00:19:22.380 gonna stretch and that's okay but if you 00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:25.500 make it too long you will have way less 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:29.820 friction all right the Klemheist 00:19:29.820 --> 00:19:33.720 same as the Prusik it's very strong and 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:36.480 not releasable under tension however 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:38.460 unlike the Prusik 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:42.480 well tight Klemheist should be easier 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:45.840 to release and similar to prusik when 00:19:45.840 --> 00:19:48.440 you want to release it you want to open 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:52.020 this lip that you passed your tail 00:19:52.020 --> 00:19:55.140 through that helps to loosen it up 00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:58.919 now unlike Prusik, Klemheist is 00:19:58.919 --> 00:20:02.520 single directional so it works best if 00:20:02.520 --> 00:20:05.220 you pull it downwards in my case it kind 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:07.799 of works if you pull up as well but it's 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:09.480 not designed for that and it's going to 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:12.120 be much weaker so due to the fact that 00:20:12.120 --> 00:20:13.740 it's a little bit easier to release 00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:17.640 sometimes and it's holding very strong a 00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:20.100 lot of climbers prefer this knot over 00:20:20.100 --> 00:20:22.740 the prusik when you need to ascend the 00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:25.320 Rope so you can move it easier up and 00:20:25.320 --> 00:20:27.780 then load it move it up and then load it 00:20:27.780 --> 00:20:30.360 all right and the last one is an auto- block 00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:32.880 it starts similar to the Klemheist 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:35.460 I like to offset this knot a 00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:39.059 little bit and then start wrapping 00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:42.120 around like we already did before 00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:45.720 and now at this point instead of putting 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:47.880 the knot through the loop what we did 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:49.980 with the Klemheist you want to take 00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:52.080 both of these loops 00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:56.360 and clip it with the carabiner 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:00.600 so once you load it it's gonna look a 00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:03.539 little bit funky but it should grab and 00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:08.280 auto block is commonly used as a backup 00:21:08.280 --> 00:21:11.700 for your blade device and extended repel 00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:13.620 situation 00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:18.179 so since it doesn't bite that much 00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:20.760 it's still okay because you don't need 00:21:20.760 --> 00:21:22.740 that much force to hold the brake side 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:25.320 of the Rope however the ability to 00:21:25.320 --> 00:21:28.740 release this not under tension is what 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:32.580 it makes it great option for repelling 00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:34.740 so here's another demonstration auto 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:37.320 block although being the weakest out of 00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:39.539 the three it still can hold my weight 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:43.140 however if I pull on it from top down it 00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:45.539 will out now the great thing about this 00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:48.120 Prusik that we can be made simply out of 00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:50.880 the accessory cord tied into the loop 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:53.400 using double fisherman's knot one thing 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:56.159 you need to know is that your cord has 00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:58.860 to be at least three millimeters thinner 00:21:58.860 --> 00:22:01.740 than the Rope you're gonna be using it 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:04.440 on and in general the thinner the chord 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:07.740 is the stronger the Prusik is gonna grab 00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:10.260 and for climbing applications the good 00:22:10.260 --> 00:22:12.360 diameter is between five and six 00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:15.299 millimeters now other things that affect 00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:18.480 how strongly the prusik is gonna bite is 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:21.059 the amount of Loops you're gonna make so 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:23.520 with every Prusik you can Loop it as 00:22:23.520 --> 00:22:26.039 many times as it's needed there is no 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:28.980 hard rule usually you start around three 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:31.500 and then you have to test it to see if 00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:34.200 it's strong enough but not too strong so 00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:36.480 it's great idea to test on your own 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:39.419 ropes because it also depends on the 00:22:39.419 --> 00:22:42.919 stiffness of your cord and on your 00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:46.440 slippiness of your rope and if your rope 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:49.799 for example is wet or Frozen it's gonna 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:53.280 be even slippier so you might need more 00:22:53.280 --> 00:22:56.280 wraps 00:22:56.419 --> 00:23:00.299 also you can tie Prusik on two ropes 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:02.400 for example when you're repelling the 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:04.320 thing you need to know is that two robes 00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:06.840 have more surface for the Prusik to 00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:08.760 bite and usually the pressure will bend 00:23:08.760 --> 00:23:12.059 harder so you might need less reps so 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:14.820 very budget friendly and super useful 00:23:14.820 --> 00:23:16.140 thing to have 00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:18.960 but you can also buy already pre-made 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:20.760 Prusiks they are even better because 00:23:20.760 --> 00:23:22.559 they are more friction resistant they 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:24.780 are softer and it's easier to tie them 00:23:24.780 --> 00:23:27.780 however make sure to not buy too thick 00:23:27.780 --> 00:23:29.640 one they're used for other applications 00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:31.440 you need a thinner one for sport 00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:33.659 climbing and in the case you get stuck 00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:35.460 on the route and you want to escape but 00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:38.400 you don't have a prusik well maybe you 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:40.919 have shoes with laces that you can make 00:23:40.919 --> 00:23:43.740 your project out of and here I forgot to 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.720 mention one very important thing about 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:48.419 Prusik but you should not rely on 00:23:48.419 --> 00:23:51.419 them fully you always have to have a 00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:53.640 very very solid backup 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:56.400 all right so of course there are many 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:58.559 other knots but to keep your brain from 00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:00.539 melting I'm gonna keep them for the 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:03.120 future episodes and for now I want to 00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:05.640 say special thank you for Mammoth for 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:08.100 sponsoring this video since I put a lot 00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:10.320 of energy into these videos to make them 00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:13.080 as quality as possible it's great to 00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:15.120 partner with the brand who also cares 00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:17.880 about quality a lot so thank you mahmut 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