How Do You Tie A Rope To A Climbing Harness?
Though some rock climbers employ what is called a bowline knot when tying the climbing rope to a harness, the majority of experts and professionals recommend beginners learn and utilize the very safe, secure and easy to understand figure eight knot. The figure eight knot is difficult to mess up because it looks just like its name and is in the shape of an eight. Take a full arm’s length of rope, holding the end of the rope palm facing up in the right hand. Hold the other part of the rope in your left hand, palm down, pinching it between your fingers. Twist the rope in your left hand twice (as if you are twisting a wired twisty tie), and use your right hand to put the end of the rope through the loop you have made by twisting the rope with your left hand. Let the new knot fall. Look at it carefully. It should look like an eight. Thread the knot up through the leg loops and waist belt of your harness until the knot is a couple inches from your leg loops. Hold the figure eight knot in you
