How to Tie a Figure Eight on a Bight

The figure eight is the all-purpose climbing knot. This knot is useful in setting up rappels or making it so you clip into the rope with a carabiner on your harness.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• rope

1. 

   Fold a couple feet of rope. This is called a bight.

2. 

   Holding the bight in your left hand, cross the end of the bight over the front of the double-thick rope.

3. 

   Cross behind.

4. 

   Come back to the front and drop it down through the loop.