Joining Two Ropes For Abseil

So keeping it simple makes sense.

Joining two ropes for abseil.

How many times have you had arguments with your mate when it comes to abseil knots. Rethreaded figure eight there is more than one way of joining two ropes using a figure eight knot. This like the belay chapter is a long one due the many different approaches that can be adopted. Times when you might need to abseil past a knot.

Instead of joining your ropes with a double fisherman s you could also use a bigger knot such as the re threaded figure 8 just make sure the knot is big enough so that it can t be pulled through the chain or carabiner at your main anchor point. The figure eight overhand double fishersman s are just three methods. A surprisingly high number of climbers die abseiling. You can also abseil in the same way using two ropes.

Which knots do i personally use. It is often said that a double fisherman s knot is the best for joining two ropes of different diameters. Although a series of alternative knots are discussed the edk is presented as the normal knot for joining abseil ropes. For normal abseiling if the ropes are dry then i use a well tied neat single overhand knot with ample tails.

There s many reasons why you d want to join two ropes together but perhaps the most obvious one is to allow for a full rope length retrievable abseil. The problem is we all know what happens if you get this wrong and abseiling is terrifying enough and if you aren.