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A '''friction [[List of hitch knots|hitch]]''' is a kind of [[knot]] used to attach one [[rope]] to another in a way that is easily adjusted. These knots are commonly used in [[Single Rope Technique]] while [[climbing]] to ascend a hanging rope by alternately hanging on one friction hitch and sliding the other up. Friction hitches are also commonly used as ratchets to capture progress on a moving rope, to ensure that it can move one way (commonly up) but not the other. These hitches are a simple and cheap alternative to [[Jumar|mechanical ascenders]]. | A '''friction [[List of hitch knots|hitch]]''' is a kind of [[knot]] used to attach one [[rope]] to another in a way that is easily adjusted. These knots are commonly used in [[Single Rope Technique]] while [[climbing]] to ascend a hanging rope by alternately hanging on one friction hitch and sliding the other up. Friction hitches are also commonly used as ratchets to capture progress on a moving rope, to ensure that it can move one way (commonly up) but not the other. These hitches are a simple and cheap alternative to [[Jumar|mechanical ascenders]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 30 March 2007
A friction hitch is a kind of knot used to attach one rope to another in a way that is easily adjusted. These knots are commonly used in Single Rope Technique while climbing to ascend a hanging rope by alternately hanging on one friction hitch and sliding the other up. Friction hitches are also commonly used as ratchets to capture progress on a moving rope, to ensure that it can move one way (commonly up) but not the other. These hitches are a simple and cheap alternative to mechanical ascenders.
List of friction hitches
Warning: Though useful in other contexts, not all of the friction hitches listed below are suitable for climbing.
- Autoblock
- Bachmann knot
- Blake's hitch
- Distel
- French Prusik
- Machard Tresse
- Valdotain Tresse
- Icicle hitch
- Klemheist knot
- Knut (not Knute)
- Martin
- Prusik or Prussik
- Rolling hitch (or Taut-line hitch)
- Schwabisch
- TK