Let's start some climbing webbing. A lot of times you'll notice that you'll have to tie two ends of webbing together to make a loop that's fixed. Now, a square knot doesn't really work with webbing, it will slip through. So, you need a water knot. A lot of your webbing will have a dashed line to help orient yourself to which end you're working with.
First thing I'm going to is lay out my webbing to get the twist so. Once I note that it's not twisted, first thing I'm going to do is take that piece of webbing with the dashed line up by four inches and just tie an overhand loop. Once I've got my overhand loop, the dashed line is up on the other end. I take the dashed line and I just trace it back. That way I know that there is no twist in my webbing. I just go in through where the end comes out and trace back the overhand knot, making sure not to cross it, it should just be like as if you're taping one piece to the other.
Trace it all the way back and through, one dashed line on top of the other, until you have a single overhand loop. Then you just center tie. Make sure you leave at least two inches of tail on each end so your knot doesn't come loose. If you have to dress up your knot, do so, but you've got a pretty strong knot right there. That's a water knot.
One thing you want to remember when practicing your knots is to also use gloves, occasionally, and blindfold yourself. It will help get them down much faster and be able to them in the dark and infield conditions.
Remember, you can also review all the knots at FitClimb.com where we have stills and instructions.
That's my lesson for today. Remember, you can review all the info and videos at FitClimb.com, climb high, climb safe!
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