Rock Climbing: How to Tie a Prusik Knot

The Prusik Knot (technically it’s a hitch) is the most common friction hitch. It’s great for ascending, and it’s a staple for crevasse rescue systems because it will grip the rope from either direction of pull. Learn how to tie a Prusik Knot in this video.

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[armorvestrus]

Thank you this video was the easiest one for me to understand. By leaving the loop large and than making all the wraps makes it much more simple.

[baby_snaps]

I love tying knots, it's very useful and fun! Thanks for sharing with us how.

[mathnerd]

I love this knot. So perfectly simple and very useful.

[alexandrebueno]

I love this knot. I just have one question to anyone: I used a 6mm used cable to make the prusik knot to ascend/descend on old 12mm cable but I had a had time to move the prusik cables so I had to loose them in order to ascend/descend, is that normal? Or it is being hard to slide them because of the old cables?

[brendanslowey]

What type of knot is that creating the loop?

[theMaschna]

I cant find a video that shows how to make the initial loop on tying the initial loop in prusik knot :(

[seanmacnaughton]

Are these strong enough to catch a fall during top rope soloing?

[robertmckenzie]

Jon bennet ramsey case knot? Burke was at scouts he knew how to tie them