How to Tie a Double Munter Friction Knot

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Summary: Learn how to tie a correct Double Munter Friction knot for hiking, climbing, or sailing in this free knot tying video clip.

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How to Tie a Double Munter Friction Knot

I'm going to demonstrate the Double Munter Hitch. This is a take off or variation of the regular Munter Friction Hitch. And this is used, if you are going to be descending on a smaller thinner rope, when you are climbing or repelling. This is what you use to actually control that rope and to control your rate of descent. Because, you need just a little bit extra, especially if you are using a smaller line. So if we look down here, on my table here, you can see that this is going to be my line that I'm going to use. Now this is really a small line compared. Now here's my clasp as I'm going to call it, it?s actually called a carribeener or something similar to that. And I'm not really a climber or a repeller, so I don't really use those technical terms. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to take my line right here, and I'm just going to pull into it. Actually I'm going to pull it into this way. Just a regular overhand bend. What I'm going to do, is I'm going to pull another one into it like this. So I've got this nice full double loop going on. Now I'm going to take my clasp I have here, and I'm going to come up underneath my rope. It does make a difference whether you come up underneath or over the top of your rope, because if you go over the top of your rope with your clasp, this knot will just not work. What I'm going to do is I'm going to take it and bring it back under, just the clasp itself. Not with the rope down here. We'll bring it back up through both of them, both loops as this. And I'm going to take and straiten it up this way. Creating a nice knuckle here, and a nice good way to control my descent especially on such a small line