Climbing Basics: How to tie, THE PRUSIK KNOT.

In this video we are quickly going to go over how to tie the prusik knot I also throw in a double fisherman's. As well as finally premier my brand new intro. As always feel free to comment any questions and ill see you in the next one!
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[@drat1566]

Thanks for including the double fisherman. Other videos assumed I already knew that. :)

[@willburns5189]

Lmao when you throw that rope at the end. Entertaining and informative. Good stuff.

[@dcalder]

Well done kind sir. I rarely comment on posts. However, this video was great. Keep it up and keep people safe.

[@DonFPerkins]

This is going to make my high roof and wall repairs SO much less scary. Thanks!

[@Alvinyokatori]

Right on bro I love when the climbing dicks link wit the construction dicks

[@Alvinyokatori]

I gotta feeling prusics might save me one day they’ve for sure made sketchy situations totally chill a few times

[@IntenseAngler]

Excellent video brother! Very clear and easy to follow demo. Two thumbs up for that ending by the way!

[@davidkeffen]

Clear and easy to understand. Couldn't be better, thanks.

[@NK-bz9wb]

Knots are tricky to learn but you made it nice, slow and very clear. Rope colors and all. You're awesome, good vibes. I'm glad I know your channel. Greetings 🇮🇱🇳🇴 🤙

[@andresanderson5268]

Thanks

[@petestethoscope7314]

Nice intro.....humor is entertains

[@justinzaff]

Your into music and video is inspiring ! Fires me up . Your one of my favorite channels , keep up the good work and cheers from Australia 🦘💪

[@BetaClimbers]

🤙🏻

[@inactive67]

Thanks for commenting on rope size.

[@jakublanca5535]

I learned the prusik for the Texas rope trick and used it ever since, even in camping. Prusik's versatility is insane.

[@cynthiawebster4379]

great intro, Fantastic knot, great climbing. Thank you . Great work❤😊🎉

[@normandinoz]

This is a very useful knot. I always use this type of knot.

[@suziehartwright]

Thanks! 😉👍 Also, nice intro too.

[@whatsnottohike]

I've been trying to work these out for a while and now i get it! Thanks very much, i can now use this knot for my tarp when i go camping! Earned yourself a sub! :-)

[@ellyr7an]

This helped me in combat engineer school thank you. Surprisingly we need to know so many knots

[@dragonslayer990]

So ready to learn and use these knots. I would think, choosing the correct knott or hitch depends on the rope being used.

[@southern_merican]

Great vid ! I love the "painfully slow" comment !

[@dboboc]

Yeah, that was pretty arrogant.

[@PaulOgie]

Good video ...hi def...good clear explanation. I wish more people knew how to make videos...thanks. I wish I could climb, but I'm just going to use this knot for tree 🌳 safety.

[@jaredhesselbein7429]

Awesome video 😎

[@glennhernandez4366]

Keep it going

[@LordAlcomendrasVlogs]

very impressive. I am learning more today

[@Mowgli546]

so I ascended the swing with a prusik for the first time yesterday... omg every thing hurts, my arms, legs stomach, literally everything hurts... but it was great

[@JonahReidJessar]

THAT is how you end a video on a climbing channel!

[@cutyan]

awesome video brother

[@jordans92169]

Thanks

[@andrewleman3106]

Great video! Simple and easy to follow!

[@peanutbuttawaffle]

lmao this was sick. thanks bro

[@johntodd545]

great video. thanks for posting

[@allan1062]

Love your exit!!

[@SkyHigh8800]

Awesome video! Well made, clearly presented and no fluff.

[@seanosborne4028]

Gerat video thanks for sharing keep up the good work brother 👍

[@hemptwistable]

nice clear instructions, thanks.

[@RGD-Games]

i use a Mammut 13mm Wide, Flat Sling, For a prusik... Never had an issue yet using a flat style sling.. Mind you, I only do Tree work and use it as a safety while walking up with spurs on.

[@deytravelyogi]

Best tips ever glad i watched

[@hobofab]

Awesome intro

[@ep7672]

Nice!

[@MexicanMovie]

Awesome, thank you !!!!

[@marcofemto9417]

Thank you. I'm gonna use this for tree climbing and no one would show me at work lol

[@harrylee9976]

Thank you very much ! Very clear instructions Online there are lots of articles commenting prusik using as alpine self rescue / ascension But in reality if prusik (let's say klemheist prusik) can be used for fall arrest / lead climb situation ? Does it have any performance difference in the setting of dynamic ropes vs static ropes ? Thanks a lot

[@w.scottmerrifield3217]

Good job!

[@ShallowPlane]

Yeah I liked the instruction videos a lot

[@ocrun6765]

Will this knot hold on to a poly rope included in a generic pulley system? I'm having a hard time pulling the slippery rope by hand and thought this would be safer than looping around my hand.

[@stuff2climb102]

only one way to find out! There are other types of prussik knots you can test out too if that one doesn't work for you.

[@jackp492]

Cheers fella

[@tomzygmunt6891]

Than you 👍

[@Amras14]

How would you change the diameter of the Prusik cord if u have a double strand an not single?

[@BetaClimbers]

Post pictures in my discord, not sure I follow what you mean.

[@josepheller8395]

Great video. I had trouble with mine only biting in one direction. Any ideas? I didn't make 3 passes only two.

[@BetaClimbers]

The more passes the more grippy

[@centaurld6442]

Hi Joseph, that's what happens when you don't follow instructions. That's why the teacher yells at you when you are little when you don't follow instructions. It's very important.

[@007Tenalirama]

Thank you

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

Great video thanks!

[@mrdavidurquhart]

Any advice for when your prusik gets overtightened and won't release?

[@BetaClimbers]

I usually just get it slacked (not under tension) then move push the loop or push the working end in the loops. If the prussic is done cleanly it loosens easier. May want to try a larger diameter prussic too.

[@AMC-eq3jr]

You use the vertical bar and your thumb to break or tighten the prusik.

[@toppradd]

Tnx

[@rodolfodickson9500]

Super 👌

[@tobysmith4662]

joshua perry climbing outta here

[@HenshinFanatic]

These are also great for securing closed cardboard boxes for storing things like Christmas trees that are hard to put back in the box, as long as whatever kind of cord you're using is durable and the box doesn't get too badly damaged. Get one or more anchor lines (depending on exact proportions of the box you'll be securing) using bowline knots, then get a much longer loop (enough to run along the sides and top and bottom of the box wile making prusik knots at each anchor point) via the double fisherman's and centering it on one end, affix it with a prusik knot on each anchor line on either side of the box and at the first meeting point you pass one half over and the other under, and twist them so that the two ends run opposite each other along the top and bottom; continue making more prusik knots at each anchor point. The only thing I forget is how the two ends of the loop are secured in the final step.

[@ericrosales9722]

how long is the cord used for the prusik?

[@anthonylacy4466]

💥💥💥 Long a*s rope LoL Just cut & made a few 6mm safety leashes. Been watching all your videos and dig em. Keep on climbing 👊

[@BetaClimbers]

Anthony Lacy hahaha yeah. Thanks for all the support

[@mrlemon5438]

Nice

[@podchmielony6858]

I'm from Poland and my name is Jakub Prusik

[@The93ssfd]

no way!!

[@eugeniotapia6765]

I see you were hanging on the old gold processing smoke stack on the west side of C.S. ! I have friends in that neck of the woods ! You from ?

[@BetaClimbers]

@@eugeniotapia6765 I’m on the east coast but I do rope work in all 50 states.

[@NorthwoodsNomad]

Be sure to point out to the audience that the first rope you make two wraps over the top and then bring it back through , the opposing rope you make the two wraps underneath the rope and then through

[@hugogarcia3193]

I gonna learn to climb..

[@aaronwright2238]

Best thing you will ever do it awesome

[@supremedictator.]

Fairly terrible video work keeping the action in frame, but you're entertaining and clearly understand what you're doing. Sound and lighting was clear. I gave it a thumbs-up. :-)

[@inttubu1]

Why the complicated knot at the end? Thks.

[@AskTheKid]

If you had to could you self belay with a prusik?

[@BetaClimbers]

Andrew Anderson yeah but the key word there is “if you had to.” You would need two Prusiks and be constantly tending to them. It would probably be easier in most situations to just use them as rope ascenders.

[@jeremyrosene157]

What are everyone's thoughts about simply wrapping the main climbing rope with the static material and clipping into it as opposed to wrapping it through the center of itself? I've done it both ways and they both seem to function similarly but the method in the video is a little harder to dress.

[@forresthsu582]

It seems like you're describing an autoblock or French prusik. It's also a valid friction hitch, but it has substantially less holding power than a standard prusik. Climbers typically use the autoblock to back up a rappel, as it releases under load and can catch a slip and then be released without unweighting the system. However, the autoblock will slip under higher loads, while the prusik will not. I'd trust a standard prusik to hold my entire weight if I'm ascending a rope. I'd trust the autoblock to hold the brake strand down and hold the fairly small forces after the friction of my rappel device.

[@visumexcipio]

Bueno

[@tyrsius]

Actual knot starts at 3:10

[@geovannideleon7477]

Is this how you use a hollo block?

[@BetaClimbers]

It’s one of the ways yes.

[@cathysilva5435]

what is that knot used for?

[@BetaClimbers]

Its principal use is allowing a rope to be climbed - ascending or "Prusiking". Two Prusik loops are alternately slid up the static rope: a long Prusik loop reaches the climber's foot - to allow leg power for ascending, and a second short Prusik loop is attached to the harness - to allow sitting. In rescue work, if a climber has to be pulled up, a Prusik loop can hold a pulley block purchase system on a climbing rope.

[@Jason-iz6ob]

Well done. A lot of these knot tying videos they go so fast there’s no way to keep up. It’s like they’re showing off how fast they can tie it more than trying to teach someone how to…..

[@AMC-eq3jr]

"ROPE TRICKS": kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYnFdnejg750jrM may be your speed, or use the Settings button and slow down the speed.

[@julianandressalazar5755]

Came here from Nymphomaniac

[@hugogarcia3193]

Just did

[@thetoecutter13]

James Bond used his shoelaces to ascend a rope in For Your Eyes Only.

[@kamelhead]

I found the instructions a bit hard to follow - until i watched the video upside down. That gave a looking-over-the-shoulder feeling instead of sitting on the other side of a table

[@benraley4004]

Hey no offense meant here and I know that semantics aren’t that important, but........the prusik is a hitch, not a knot. Girth Hitch, Clove Hitch, etc sounds funny if called a knot. Likewise Water hitch is inaccurate and sounds funny. I dig this channel though and find the content to be bomber.

[@BetaClimbers]

Yeah I try to get my mouth to say the right things but it doesn’t do it all the time lol. Right on thanks 🤙🏻

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

Shut the F Up grammar Nazi ! Nothing you said contributed anything of value ! But I'm sure mommy will give her oh so smart little guy cuddles

[@SandroTrunz]

Who else wasn't here for climbing? 🚵‍♀️❌ ... 📿⛓🔗✅.

[@captainthreethumbs175]

3:09

[@gardeningwiththeharpers9068]

Think there is a R in the knot you pronounce or it wouldn’t be spelt that way no silent R in the English language! 🤣😂

[@pantera29palms]

“Beta climbers”? As opposed to alpha climbers?

[@BetaClimbers]

Lol no beta climber like knowing the beta. Eh you’ll get it.

[@hugogarcia3193]

Old way . bcuz I don't have money to buy fancy thing s

[@eddiewiercioch777]

Omni directional? Receiving signals in multiple directions! No

[@TemplarKnight-zd6jt]

Too much rope for the demo.

[@larrymiller9600]

Intro too long, to much talk filling out space. Watched twice and I still don't get it

[@gustaverayl1811]

the prusik is NOT a knot, it is a HITCH. please use correct terminology.

[@lukamixan3493]

Nerd

[@lukamixan3493]

@@gustaverayl1811 take a joke frenchy 😂

[@stuff2climb102]

You're a HITCH!

[@gustaverayl1811]

@@lukamixan3493 some people don't know their knots from their hitches and bends .

[@brandonthompson6389]

Nice