If you want to keep the climber even happier, tie a Slippery Sheet Bend instead, for a bit of extra untying speed. If you’re on the ground for a climber and find yourself having to send up spare ropes (rigging lines pull lines etc) the Sheet Bend is great. Can be used as a termination knot for a tree climber if stopper knot is tied.Attach a rigging carabiner to the rigging line and still be able to undo the knot.It’s great because it creates a fixed size loop in the end of a rope (that doesn’t slip) and can be heavily loaded and still undo.

tensioning the line for use as a track lineĪnother staple is definitely the Bowline.reliable lowering knot for moderate loads (think figure 8).Then he can have a quick rest mid haul, while you hold the tension on the Munters hitch. Get a mate to start pulling up the motor from the ground while you take in the slack using the Munters Hitch. You can even use it in reverse to capture progress because the knot flips. Unhook the motor and lower down using the munters hitch like a figure 8.Simply tie your Munters Hitch around a solid bar and then tie off onto the motor.If you’re in show/stage rigging, the Munters Hitch is great for lowering heavy or awkward motors down from the catwalks etc.

Descend down and get rid of that worn out Spiderjack cam or cooked old eye to eye prusik.

Holding the tail of the rope under the Munters Hitch to control your descent, release what’s left of the friction on your prusik.

Tie a Munters Hitch onto the carabiner.

Grab a spare carabiner and attach it to either a side D-Ring or leg loop (somewhere below your prusik).

If your prusik isn’t grabbing, you can find yourself descending pretty quickly. USE THIS KNOT.Įspecially now with so many people climbing SRT with a rope wrench. This is a great example of a “get out of trouble” knot! As an Arborist, if you ever find yourself in the situation that your rope prusik or mechanical prusik just isn’t grabbing (your Spiderjack cam is seriously worn, or your prusik isn’t grabbing) and you have nothing else. They’re the tools you carry in your mental toolbox, that help you to get the job done and can get you out of a sticky situation. Knots are so important, whether you’re an Arborist, Rigger or in Rope Access.

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