How to Tie the 5-3 Blake's Hitch

This is a video showing how to tie the 5-3 Blake's Hitch on arborist rope. This particular rope is 1/2" New England Safety Blue. Also shown is how to tie the figure 8 on a bight knot that will be used as a connection point to the climbers harness. Lastly, there is a quick segment about attaching a foot loop to the climbing system using a prussic knot.
I don't show how to tie the double fisherman's knot to create a foot loop but a good video tutorial for that is found at: • How to Tie the Double ...
A tutorial for how to tie the triple crown foot loop can be found on New Tribe's website: www.newtribe.com/documents/ti...

[@Woodman_Custom_Sawing]

Wow, my mind is blown. Thanks for sharing. I just got my first saddle and started watching videos to learn knotts. I was aware of the Blake's hitch (and the double Blake's hitch) and now thanks to you the prusick to use as an ascender. Thanks for sharing!

[@ConstructiveMinds100]

I have seen many videos on this subject. You have real talent to be a good teacher. Short Very informative Good display 10 out of 10 All the best

[@McDoogle435]

Super thanks! I understand completely now. Can't wait to go straight rope old school. Beautiful!

[@davidyerden5142]

excellent job sir...thank u for taking the time and patience to help others understand this elusive field of study.....much appreciated 😀

[@lostoutdoorz8745]

Thank you so much for this video. In the other videos I've been watching, they would use only 4 loops and not 5. I'm using dynamic rope and I found the 5 loops hold while the 4 loops tend to slip.

[@JohnnyLandscape]

Perfect explanation.Thank you, very much,for taking the time to show this so well.

[@marcosmartinez9651]

I like your video and how you explain .

[@paulcrave9149]

Do you have any video of you (or anyone) climbing with the foot loop and this setup?

[@neylosapolos]

Sorry friend Do you have video showing this process to climb? I thinked that you will gonna show before end the video

[@jolllyroger1]

Bride your tag end of your Blake's to the other rope and tie another Blake to auto tend your first Blake

[@GROVESTREET1017]

Maybe I'm not understanding this, but the foot loop needs to be adjusted by hand correct? Can you explain

[@PatrickBrandt]

Yes that's right. This is a very bare bones way to climb, but also a rather inefficient method.

[@mikehoncho7539]

How do you secure the standing end??

[@paulcrave3112]

How do you advance that Prusik after each step?

[@eljayleveille3721]

You tend it like the Blake's i assume?

[@paulcrave3112]

I have trouble with Prusik knots getting so tight under load of my body weight that literally have to push the tag end back through the loops to work the Prusik loose in order to advance it in either direction. Would adding more fingers to the Prusik help distribute the load and keep it from locking up so tight?

[@derekgallagher2337]

Yes and use thicker rope like 1/2"

[@ethanm9191]

No matter what I do it keeps slipping

[@julianalderson6996]

an its cheap