Rope management
Joining two ropes together
Read the report from David Drohan and the Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Association, or at least the abstract. Generally speaking you should use either the double fishermans or the one-sided overhand, but the specifics of the situation will determine which.
Knots
An overview of knots and their uses
- Overhand knot
- Double overhand knot
- Figure-of-eight knot
- Girth hitch
- Prusik (or Prussik) knot
- Klemheist knot
- French prusik (autoblock)
- Munter (Italian) hitch
- Clove hitch
- Double fishermans
- One sided overhand
- Tape knot (water knot)
- Figure-of-eight on a bight
- Rethreaded figure-of-eight
- Overhand loop
- Alpine butterfly
Descenders
An overview of descenders and important properties