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ClimBing KnOts:

Loops

Figure 8 Follow-Through

A fIxed LOOp,
tHe StAndARd tIe-In KnOt fOR CLIMBeRS
Since the tie-in knot is where a climber is attached to a climbing rope,
it is of critical importance, since the climber could fall and depend on
the rope—and the knot—for life. The figure 8 follow-through is most
often chosen. If you can know only one knot well, beginning climbers
are often told, the figure 8 follow-through is the one.
It is not only a strong and secure loop but easy to visually
inspect for correctness. The working end follows the path of the
rope through a figure 8 that has already been tied, thus the name.
The figure 8 follow-through is no more than a figure 8 loop (see
page 16), but it is tied differently—in this case the loop being often

Figure 8 Follow XXXX-Through: Step 1 Figure 8 Follow XX XX-Through: Step 2

XXXXXXTie a figure 8 knot (see page 10) XXX
With the working end, begin to
XXX
in the working end of the rope. trace, or follow the lead of, the
You will need this knot to be first figure 8, as shown in the
2 to 3 feet from the end of the photograph.
rope.

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