Standard Tie Off

The loop has been pulled snug, forming a yuki knot over the bight of the slipped half hitch. The working end of the rope hangs down just to the left of the vertical lines.

This topic is still under development.

A robust tie off that works at the top or bottom of the line.

Step by step

A pear-shaped carabiner hangs at the top of the image. Two passes of doubled tan rope go through the carabiner. The first, on the left side, comes up from behind the carabiner, passes through it from front to back, and exits at the bottom of the image. The second pass lies just to the right of the first pass. It comes up from behind the carabiner, passes through it from back to front, and travels down and to the right to exit the bottom of the frame.

1a1: Munter hitch

Go over the carabiner, from back to front. The line should not cross over itself.

The second pass of the rope has been pulled to the left of the image, passing behind itself and the first pass. As it passes over the carabiner, it is now held snugly in place between the carabiner and the rope descending from the back of the carabiner.

1bGo behind all the lines, making a 180° turn.

The rope comes up just to the left of the first pass and goes through the carabiner from front to back. It then exits the bottom of the image just to the left of the first two passes.

1cGo over the carabiner, from front to back.

The tail of the rope now travels slightly to the left after exiting the back of the carabiner, then doubles back to the right, going behind all the vertical passes of the rope. It makes a 4 inch long triangle pointing to the left of the vertical passes.

2a2: Slipped half hitch

Pull the line into a triangle shape, with the working end crossing behind the uplines.

A bight of the rope has been pulled through the triangle. The rope now comes out of the back of the carabiner, makes a triangle that points to the left, passes under the vertical lines, doubles back through the triangle, then doubles back and exits to the right of the image.

2bPass a small bight through the triangle.

The triangle has been snugged down, so that the rope now makes a slipped half hitch, with the bight pointing to the left and the end of the rope exiting the image to the right.

2cSnug the half hitch into place.

The working end of the rope now lies to the left of the vertical lines and below the slipped half hitch. It has been twisted to make a loop, with the working end of the rope crossing on top of the standing part.

3a3: Yuki knot

Make a twist in the working end.

The bight of the slipped half hitch passes through the loop created in the previous step.

3bSlide the twist over the bight of the slipped half hitch.

Make sure the working end is trapped by the twist.

The loop has been pulled snug, forming a yuki knot over the bight of the slipped half hitch. The working end of the rope hangs down just to the left of the vertical lines.

3cPull the yuki knot snug.

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