User:Hecato/Climbing techniques

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Techniques[edit]

  • Back Flag
  • Back-step
  • Bat Hang
  • Belay
  • Bridging
  • Camming
  • Campus
  • Chest jam
  • Chimney
  • Clawing
  • Clipping in
  • Crack climbing
  • Dyno (Dynamic move)
  • Gaston
  • Heel hook
  • Knee Bar
  • Lockoff
  • Mantle
  • Stemming
  • Toe Hook
  • Top rope
  • Undercling

Knots[edit]

Figure-eight loop[edit]

Figure-eight loop. The big loop on the left is connected to the Harness

(Harness tie-in and securing end of a rope).

The de facto standard tie-in knot for climbing.

Bowline on a bight[edit]

Bowline on a bight

(Harness tie-in, creation of footholds mid-rope and fixed clipping. Not to be confused with Double bowline).

Easier to untie than figure-eight after being under load. Also considered safe, being one of the two tie-in knots being taught by the German Alpine Club (DAV). [1][2][3] Unlike the figure-eight knot, no knots are left behind in the rope after untying. Unlike other bowline variants, the rope cannot slip through easily due to being threaded back through the entire bowline shape after completing a simple bowline knot. Some recommend a secondary stopper knot anyway though.

Yosemite bowline[edit]

Yosemite bowline

(also used for Harness tie-in, but less secure.)

Should only be used in combination with a stopper knot (e.g. half fisherman's knot), which prevents the end of the rope from slipping through.


  • Fisherman's knot (half fisherman's knot is used as stopper knot, full fisherman's knot is used to join two ropes)
  • Clove hitch
  • Munter hitch (used for improvised abseiling)
  • Klemheist knot / Autoblock Knot (friction knot for descending, rappeling)
  • Prusik (friction knot) Fast to place, works in both directions, less friction than other options, especially on frozen/wet ropes.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Duell der Knoten: Achter versus Bulin (Duel of the knots: Figure-eight vs. Bowline)". Klettern.de. Archived from the original on Jun 22, 2019. Der gesteckte Achterknoten und der doppelte Bulin erfüllen diese Anforderungen. Es sind deshalb auch die beiden Einbindeknoten, die der Deutsche Alpenverein bei seinen Kursen lehrt, wobei der Achterknoten bei Einsteigern den Vorzug erhält, weil er sich leichter kontrollieren lässt.
  2. ^ "Know-How Am Berg - Wesentliches zu Ausrüstung, Planung und Seiltechnik (engl: Know-how on the mountain - Essentials of equipment, planning and rope handling". DAV. Archived from the original (PDF) on Jun 24, 2019. Der Achterknoten, in diesem Fall als „gesteckter Achter" oder als „doppelter Bulin" ausgeführt, dient als Anseilknoten.
  3. ^ "So binden Sie sich richtig ein und so bitte nicht! (This is how you tie yourself in properly and this is how you don't do it!)". Alpin. Archived from the original on Oct 13, 2018.