Rock Climbing UK » The figure of eight climbing knot http://rockclimbinguk.co.uk UK, Online Rock Climbing Magazine, by Climbers for Climbers Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:13:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The figure of eight climbing knot http://rockclimbinguk.co.uk/the-figure-of-eight-climbing-knot/ http://rockclimbinguk.co.uk/the-figure-of-eight-climbing-knot/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:14:42 +0000 Gareth Hanson http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=6 The figure of eight climbing knot is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

]]> The figure of eight knot is probably the most commonly used climbing knot, and is the first one that you are taught when you learn to climb.

It is an absolutely bomb-proof knot, especially when you add a stopper knot, and as such is the first choice for most climbers for attaching the rope to their harness. It can also be used as part of your belay setup if you have run out of karabinas (I’ll show you how in another post).

Here’s a useful video showing how to do it. That isn’t me in the video, I found it on Youtube.

The figure of eight climbing knot is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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