How to Tie a Water Knot

That’s 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 dash line to help orient yourself to which end you’re working with.

First thing I’m going to do is layout my webbings to get the twist out. Once I note that it’s not twisted first thing I’m going to do is take that piece of webbing with the dash line of about four inches and just tie an overhand loop.

Once I’ve got my overhand loop the dash line is up on the other end. I’ll take the dash line and I just trace it back. That way I know that there’s no twist in my webbing and I just go into where the end comes out then 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 dash line on top of the other until you have a single overhand loop and then you just cinch it tight. Make sure you leave at least two inches of tail on each end so you’re 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 do I mean in the dark and field 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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