The Complete Book of Big Wall Climbing…

APPENDIX A – KNOTS

Follow Through Overhand Knot (Water Knot) . . . . . . . . . . 579

Girth Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Double Fisherman's Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Triple Fisherman's Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Stopper Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Overhand Knot and Overhand Follow Through Knot . . . 581

Figure Eight Follow Through Knot [With Extra Pass] . . . 582

Prusik Knots.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Bowline Knot.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Butterfly Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Blocking Knot [Slippery Overhand with Overhand Backup] . 586

Knots in Text

Clove Hitch . . . 78

Carabiner Clutch (Garta Knot). . 84

Munter Hitch . . . . . . . 120

Clove Hitch [For Self Belay] . . . . 126

[Traditional] Clove Hitch . . 127

Bowline on a Bight . . . 194

Load Release Knot . . . 198

Prusik Combined with Load Release . . . 202

Slippery Overhand . . . 321

Girth Hitch . . . 361

Bokman Knot (Carabiner Ratchet) . . . 385

Bowline on a Bight Follow Through . . . 426