How to tie into the harness with Perfect Figure 8 knot every time

The fastest method to tie a Figure 8 knot into the climbing harness.
100% perfect and easy to untie.

Figure 8 is the most popular knot for Rock Climbing, because it is very hard to mess up and super easy to double check.

Alternatively people choose to use Bowline (one of the 5 safe variations), because they have / had trouble untying Figure 8 after hard Climbing falls.
If you tie your Figure 8 properly you won't have any trouble to untie it later.

If you are a bowline user keep in mind that most of the people don't know how to double check your knot.
And if you never tied a bowline before and someone asks you to double check his bowline - don't do that! Instead, tell the person "I don't know how to check your knot please double check it your self".

P.S. If you wonder why I call this NINJA method it's because I learned this from Korean climber who looked super strong and fast like a NINJA :DDDD

0:00 Intro
0:53 Doing initial figure 8
4:21 Harness
7:08 Follow through method
10:34 Don't cross load figure 8
10:53 Bonus

Because that makes a big difference and is the main reason I do this project!
Deep Thanks!
Ben

[Klemmi.]

@Hard Is Easy To remember the way to tie: start hard, finish easy!
(Start hard by pushing the rope to the side and finish easy by going through the big hole :) )

[MiN]

Finally someone actually explained what the correct figure 8 looks like and how to tie it step by step. Thanks a lot, man, good job

[andreicaradjov]

dude your the only one on youtube who properly explained and showed how to tie in from the top, amazing tutorial, thasnks!

[waynehearst]

Never climbed a day in my life, yet here I am learning these knots. Thanks COVID.

[HardIsEasy]

Yea it's a long video teaching you how to save time :D But this video is a part of coming Belay Masterclass and little details make a huge difference in critical situations. So climb safe and smile more ;)

[brettyost]

I have 30 years climbing experience and degree in math, so I think about knots and symmetry a lot. But I never noticed that one symmetry is easier to untie than the other, and I've never heard any other climber note this either. Did you figure this out on your own? Kudos!

[sriderhi]

Although my kids learned the figure 8 at the gym, I've shown them this vid then walked them through it and it's become the way they always tie in now. It just 'clicked' for them. Mahalo and Aloha.

[bCloudc]

Brilliant video! Been tying figure 8’s for 20 years now, and this is the best method ever! Perfect knot every time. Thank you!

[danielmoreno-sols]

Thank you! My son is an adaptive climber. I just took a belay class at his gym and had a challenging time with the fig 8. Your video smoothed me out and I am now feeling more confident about belaying him.

[arjayhinek]

You are one of the best instructors out there. step by step and explaining WHY certain thing should be the way they are makes it "stick" so much better. Excellent work, and thank you very much.

[viniciusmaltauro]

I use a little tip to help my students to remember how to start and finish the follow through part. I say that they need to start small and finish big (referring to the sizes of the holes formed by the rope in one or the other side of the strand you need to follow. Little complicate to explain in a writing form but very easy to see and understand.

[DAJ]

I loved it when you said "do you think I'm crazy enough to do this? Hell ya." With evil laugh. Too funny!

[Rickshaw_Bohammer]

I was taught to follow through on the “outside” of the figure 8 which gives you this perfect knot. Never knew it was the best!

[НиколайН.Косовский]

When I had saw that the video is 13 minutes long I thought it's impossible to make the interesting and useful video 'how to tie a figure 8 knot' that is so long. I was wrong. Good job. Now I know good video for newbies (and not only newbies) that teach to tie figure 8 with many useful details.

[antonyhoward-grubb]

I am 72 years old and needed
little 'reminders' and you are the perfect instructor.Superb and many thanks.

[oneoffate]

Really nice lesson. If not climbed for a decade but all the instruction videos didn't seem to match what little i could remember. Finally found the right video and the right way before my refresher course. Thanks

[mhangomasuzyo]

I learned so much, I always thought that the figure 8 had no down sides, but the cross loading is something I never thought about. Its super facinating
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[gregpetliski]

Two minutes in and already one of the best instructional videos I've seen. Love the subtle humor, and way to tell em that it don't need no back up! However, I'd just like to add that the orientation of the initial part of the knot, where you say "it should be on the left not the right" around 7:30, doesn't actually matter, you can achieve a clean figure 8 either way, you just have to follow it the correct way.

[ryanstewart]

It’s the little things in life that make a big difference sometimes, cool vid. I’ll watch this a few more times to get it embedded in my mind.

[andrewvautour]

Every new climber should be subscribed to your channel. I have probably watched over 100 videos at least and you are by far, the most knowledgeable and I learn so much watching your instruction. You explain EVERYTHING in such detail you can't help but absorb the information. I assume you also teach, your students are very lucky to have you. So far I have learned the correct way to tie a figure of eight and I have never had an issue untying it while I have seen others struggle and using screwdrivers to get them untied. My instructors said just follow the rope, it didn't matter. I have also learned that the rope needs to be over the figure eight descender, not on the bottom side or it could scrape up against a rock wall and roll over and jam you up. My instructors said it didn't matter, over or under, makes no difference. There are of course other things I have learned watching you, those are just a couple of mentions. Thank you for providing this content, it will save a life, I guarantee you it will.