Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

How do I tie a figure of 8 knot

+0
−0

How would I tie a double figure of eight knot for attaching to a rock climbing harness?

History
Why does this post require moderator attention?
You might want to add some details to your flag.
Why should this post be closed?

This post was sourced from https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/5007. It is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

0 comment threads

1 answer

+0
−0

First things first:

Please be careful when rock climbing. Learning information on the internet is no substitute to proper training from an experienced and knowledgeable guide.

Please don't use this information to put yourself in a situation where you may be in danger.

That said

You will need around one arms span of rope (about 1m).

First off make a loop in your hand thus, do not let go of the rope until specified: enter image description here

Take the loose and and pass it over your wrist pulling it round to the front: enter image description here

Pass the loose end back through the loop your holding in your hand:

enter image description here

Pull the loose end tight downwards. If it doesn't look like a figure 8, below, you've done it wrong. Untie everything and start again:

enter image description here

Now pass the loose end though whatever you want to attach the rope to (I'm using a carbiner here):

enter image description here

You now need to rethread the loose end back though the original figure eight, this produces the double in the double figure eight. Essentially you simply follow the line of the original loops.

First off pass the loose end back up though loop nearest whatever your attached to:

enter image description here

Follow the rope around the first loop:

enter image description here

Then around the top of the rope and back down, going though the loop nearest the attachment point:

enter image description here

now loop back around the base of the knot and back up though the top loop: enter image description here

Pull tight:

enter image description here

History
Why does this post require moderator attention?
You might want to add some details to your flag.

This post was sourced from https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/5008. It is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

0 comment threads

Sign up to answer this question »