How Do You Tie Into A Climbing Rope?
For a safe and secure knot – and trust us, you want a safe and secure knot – follow these steps. Put your harness on properly. Check it. Prepare the rope for use either as a top-rope or by feeding it from one end to the other into a spaghetti pile so that it is ready for a lead. Find the end of the rope you’re going to tie into. Grab rope about two-and-a-half feet from that end, and hold it up in front of you. Grab the end of rope where it dangles to the side of the loop you are holding. Wrap the end of rope around the main strand one complete turn and poke its end through the hole. Pull the slack through to form a single-strand figure-eight knot. There should be about two feet of slack between the figure eight and the end of the rope. Thread rope behind the harness waist belt and strap that joins the leg loops. Follow the manufacturer’s tie-in instructions for your harness. Pull through all the slack until the single-strand figure eight is within two inches of the harness. Note where
