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MUnter (ItaLIan) hItCh hItCheS

Used for improvising a belay or a rappel device
with the use of one or two carabiners.

The Munter hitch works as a climbing device for belay-
ing and rappelling and should be learned by all climbers. Werner Munter, a Swiss
The knot grips a carabiner when a load is applied, but the ZOOM guide, popularized this
rope runs freely through the carabiner when the load is knot, leaving his name in
off. It should be used with one locking carabiner or two the annals of climbing.
non-locking carabiners with the gates reversed.

Munter Hitch: Step 1 Munter Hitch: Step 2

Twist a coil into the rope with the upper and Clip the carabiner into both sides of the folded
lower strands of the coil folded together, as strand with the spine of the carabiner next to
shown in the photograph. the strand that will bear the load.

Red light
Test the knot on safe ground by pulling aggressively
on the standing part before trusting it to save a life!

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