15 Knots You Need to Big Wall

Big Wall Bible #7 of 14 - http://www.bigwalls.com
It's "knot" that hard to learn how to twist your rope in all the ways you need to go up a wall. This ties together a foundation for the next chapters so we can just show you what to do without getting stuck on knot basics. Knots are actually quite easy though. There are about 5 families of knots you will use and honestly only 3 would get you by. Hitches are nothing unless you have something in them and there are only 3 of those you need to know. Friction hitches let you bite a rope with a smaller rope and they are a handy and lightweight tool to have. We also cover anchor concepts so you know what to aim for when building anchors.

***Note: At 11 minutes it is a Smith Lock Backup, not a Scott's Lock Backup on the bowline

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00:00 Intro
05:38 Overhands
07:34 Figure of 8s
10:12 Bowlines
14:38 Double overhands
16:48 Alpine Butterfly
21:52 Clove hitch
23:04 Munter hitch
26:01 Girth hitch
27:00 Anchor concepts
32:05 Munter Mule Overhand
33:37 Barber pole knot
36:33 Friction Hitches
39:25 VT Prusik