How to Tie and Use a Prusik Knot

Step 2: How to Tie and Use a Prusik Knot

The second step is the make a girth hitch with the thin cord on the climbing rope.

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Second Step to Tie a Prusik Knot

The second step to tie a Prusik knot is to take the loop of cord behind the climbing rope and bring half of the loop through the other half of the loop and form a girth hitch. A girth hitch is a basic knot for attaching a sling or cord to any object, including a tree, piece of climbing gear, or, in this case, the climbing rope. Note that the knot in the small cord is on the outside of the hitch.

• Step 1: How to Tie and Use a Prusik Knot
• Step 2: How to Tie and Use a Prusik Knot
• Step 3: How to Tie and Use a Prusik Knot
• Step 4: How to Tie and Use a Prusik Knot
• Step 5: How to Tie and Use a Prusik Knot