Muntar Hitch

Description

MUNTAR HITCH: (Class 4, Special Knot):

Purpose: To form a mechanical belay.

Tying the Knot:

Step 1: Hold the rope in both hands, the right palm up and the left palm down.

Step 2: With the right hand form a loop away from you.

Step 3: Without twisting the rope in the left hand bring it up directly behind the loop in your right hand.

Step 4: Place the bight that you have formed around the rope into the carabineer. Lock the carabineer.

Checkpoints

- A bight passing through a locked carabineer.

-The closed end of the bight is around the standing or running end.