Learn how to tie the Figure 8 Follow-Through Knot step by step and understand when and where it should be used. This knot is a climbing and safety essential, commonly used for tying into a harness ...

There are two basic tie-in knots climbers should be familiar with: The figure-eight follow-through, or “trace eight,” and the double bowline with a back-up. Heather Weidner, pro climber, explains the ...

Who else would know how to make a figure-eight knot better than a Navy Sailor? Chief Boatswain’s Mate James Mickens and fellow Sailors demonstrate how it’s done. This episode focuses on a common ...

Learn how to tie the Figure 8 knot step by step and understand when and where it’s most commonly used. This knot is a ...

If you’re going trad climbing or sport climbing, you might be able to hang back and let others set up anchors and lead climb on multi-pitch routes, but there’s one knot you absolutely have to know how ...