Climbing tips: How to tie into a harness using a figure 8 knot 

Bad example. Can you please explain why you have used 2 metres of rope to tie this knot and then add so many turns to the stopper knot,it’s ridiculous. Please remove this incorrect video.

it is not a "double figure of eight" , it is a follow through or reweave, I have never seen where that much tail tied into a "stopper" knot is necessary in a properly tied and dressed follow through figure eight, most agencies following NFPA techniques agree 4 inch tail is all that is required . Also the bight (loop) of the tie in should not be more than four inches in diameter as well. techniques based on testing and standards of practice attempt to enlighten people. Safety or stopper knots have their place in other knots and applications but a little research will show it's not necessary and actually just clutters on the eight on a bight or a follow through.

Great video! Clear, concise, and camera always stays on the knot. Have just starting climbing and one area I am struggling in is doing this knot. I am now practising at home - albeit with a thick shoe lace going though the belt loop on my trousers! - whilst watching your video. Thanks :)

That is the best explained, camera angle set up, nice and slow tutorial of how to tie in correctly and trust me .. I’ve watched many many using the slower play back speed setting and STILL not getting an effective learning experience!! 😂

I know I'm really late. Probably about 6 years late. But thank you very much for your tutorial. You're the only guy that actually explained how to tie the knot properly, rather than make it complicated. Thanks.

Bad info

you didnt actually dress the 8 figure follow through knot, cause it's supposed to be parallel

This isn't a double figure 8, this is a figure 8 follow through. They are 2 different knots used for 2 different purposes.

Question - that stop knot is designed to hold a load with downward force the way it is tied the rope will put force on the knot in the opposite direction inevitably unraveling the stop knot. Anyone else use an alternative for the stop knot?

The best tutorial! I was struggling for days with this and it FINALLY clicked!! Thanks!!!!!!

Brilliant explanation and camera angle

Figure 8. Not figure OF 8.

Good vid, some girl laughed and I got rid, and some fella laughed so I bust his head, I tell Yuh. Xx

Good jom bro clambing tips i like your tutorial

Very good video very clear made sense and I learned stuff my instructed never taught me.

Great video mate. This will help my education very much.

Thank you so much for this video. Very clear and concise.

Thank you 🙋

Absolutely the best video on how to properly tie in! Watched a bunch and your video is spot on!! Clean, clear and patient with teaching

Good night. Tomorrow am training for roof work. What would be the best video for the figure 8 knot?

Sounds like graham Hancock looooll

is that a stevedore's knot

Cheers buddy. I just got it then.

Excellent tutorial and video work. Thank you!

This is the only video that was helpful for me

no need to make this last windings if the 8 knot is correctly made.

One suggestion, you should always thread the rope through the top (waist) loop first. That way if you get distracted or forget to go through both loops of the harness, you'll still be mostly secure. If you forget the top loop however, when you take a fall you'll get flipped upside down

Thanks man

thank youuu perfectly clear, the best i've found

A properly tied figure 8 follow through knot does not need a stopper knot or any secondary knot. See AMGA guidelines

Great tutorial!!! your video helped me the most with tying knots

Thanks so much man! I can now be in my lead climbing journey :)

I cannot follow this. The way to tie it is to congested and impossible to know with the angles this has been filmed at.

Climbers have a real talent for making simple shit sound way more complicated than it is. A figure 8 knot is literally what happens when you take a loop of rope and tight it in a knot. Take a piece of string/rope, make a bight (loop), now pretend that loop is just a normal length of rope and tie a normal overhand knot in it. Congratulations, you have just made a figure 8 knot. But wait! how are you going to attach it to your harness? Well, you can't, that's why you have to tie the knot "the long way" as is shown in this video. But frankly I don't understand why everyone has to make such a fuss about the initial (before re-threading) knot... you hear people going on about "make a snowman" or "lightbulb" and all this shite. ITS JUST A NORMAL KNOT WITH AN EXTRA TWIST IN IT FFS

Pro video;)