1. Mountaineers Everett Scrambling Knots and Ropes
February 28, 2019

2. Knots and Ropes will be presented and practiced…..
1. Tonight – overall introduction and homework assignment.
2. Next class Lecture #3 April 4th – instruction and small group practice.
3. Rock Field Trip April 13th – Knots and Rope station; your skills will be evaluated.

3. Tonight – overall introduction
What’s being provided in your equipment packet
1 – locking carabiner
1 – 5 foot length, 5mm nylon rope
1 – 12 foot length, 1” nylon webbing

4. With the 5mm nylon rope, learn and practice these knots:
Figure 8 knot
Rewoven Figure 8 knot (also called Figure 8 Follow Through
Bowline knot (single)
Double Fisherman’s Bend knot
Klemheist Hitch knot

5. With the 1” nylon webbing, learn and practice these knots:
Overhand knot
Water knot
Try making a Hasty Harness (more on this below)

6. Use the rope and webbing to learn and practice:
With the 5mm nylon rope:
With the 1”nylon webbing:
Figure 8 knot
Rewoven Figure 8 knot (also called Figure 8 Follow Through
Bowline knot (single)
Double Fisherman’s Bend knot
Klemheist Hitch knot
Overhand knot
Water knot
Try making a Hasty Harness (more on this below)

7. Sources for learning how to do the knots
Animated Knots by Grog https/
Freedom of the Hills, 9th Edition, pages
Knots & Ropes Assignment sheet – this will be posted in Course Materials on the Mountaineers website Everett Scrambling

8. A few words about the Hasty Harness
There are instructions for how to construct this on the “Knots & Rope Assignment” sheet.
Information is also in Freedom of the Hills, page 165 Diaper Sling.
Just work on the basic construction for this; don’t need to have all sized yet, we can complete this at next class.
This is a simply constructed harness to be used with an assisted descent; this is where the carabiner will come in.
We will learn and practice this descent technique at the next class.

9. So tonight’s homework assignment is
1. Learn and practice the knots
2. Homework is due at next class April 4th
Questions?

10. Practice Practice Practice