Samson, Gerssy Ann P.

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Climbing Knots

​ALPINE BUTTERFLY BEND

Join the two ends temporarily. Wind the rope around

your hand so that the join is by your finger tips. Go
around again. Fold the join back and then up under the
other ropes. Push the knot off your hand and tighten to
see the appearance of the Alpine Butterfly. Finally,
release the temporary join.

ALPINE BUTTERFLY LOOP

Wrap the rope around your hand twice. At the end of turn
one, position the rope close to your fingertips. Continue
and complete turn two back near your thumb. Pick up the
turn near your fingertips. Wrap it around the other two
turns. Slide the knot off your hand and tighten by pulling
on the loop and the ends.

BLAKE'S HITCH

Wrap the end of the line four times around the climbing
rope. Bring the end back down, around itself, and tuck it
behind the climbing rope and under the first two turns so that
it exits in the middle. Tighten to achieve a tight, neat, knot.

BOWLINE KNOT

Form a small loop leaving enough rope for the desired

loop size. Pass the end of the rope through the loop as
though making an overhand knot. Continue around the
standing end and then back through the small loop.
CHAIN SINNET

Make a noose in the rope. Form a loop and tuck it into the noose. Make another loop and tuck it
into the previous loop. Keep repeating. When the chain is long enough, lock it by passing the
end through the final loop.

DISTEL HITCH

Use a lanyard with an eye at each end. Wrap the longer end
around the climbing rope to make two Half Hitches. Then
continue around and through the top Half Hitch three more
times. Balance the lengths and pull tight. Attach the carabiner.

​DOUBLE ALPINE BUTTERFLY LOOP

Wrap the rope across your palm four times. Position turns two
and three near your fingertips. Complete turn four back near your
thumb. Pick up the two turns near your fingertips and loosen
them. Insert them up under the other two turns. Slide the knot off
your hand and tighten by pulling on the loops and the ends

DOUBLE FISHERMAN'S BEND

The Back View of the Double Fisherman's is extremely

neat and symmetrical. When ropes of the same color are
used, it appears that four identical loops encircle the
junction.

FIGURE 8 BEND

The importance of dressing the knot is that when loaded, the

structure of the knot remains unchanged as the loops tighten
down tightly each end.

PRUSIK KNOT
 Use a piece of cord formed into a loop. Pass the knot around the rope three times inside the
loop. Make sure the turns lie neatly beside each other and pull the knot tight.

ZEPPELIN BEND

Form a bight in both ropes and overlap them. Pass each end
around across itself - going over for the top bight and under for the
bottom bight. Thread both ends past each other through the
middle. Tighten to form the Zeppelin Bend. Back view.

KLEMHEIST KNOT

Use a piece of cord formed into a loop. Pass the loop around
the main rope. Make three complete turns, laying each turn on
neatly. Pass the rest of the cord through the loop and pull it
back down in the direction of the expected load.

CLOVE HITCH-ROPE END

Loosening the knot a little shows that the structure is two Half Hitches.