Muntar Hitch

Description
MUNTAR HITCH: (Class 4, Special Knot):
Purpose: To form a mechanical belay.
Tying the Knot:
Step 1: Hold the rope in both hands, the right palm up and the left palm down.
Step 2: With the right hand form a loop away from you.
Step 3: Without twisting the rope in the left hand bring it up directly behind the loop in your right hand.
Step 4: Place the bight that you have formed around the rope into the carabineer. Lock the carabineer.
Checkpoints
A bight passing through a locked carabineer.
-The closed end of the bight is around the standing or running end.