Munter hitch

Simply tie the munter hitch with both ropes as if they were one.

A Munter hitch can sometimes be used instead of a belay device.

English-speaking climbers know this knot as the Munter hitch.

There are several advantages to the Munter Hitch.

Second puts the leader on belay using a belay device or munter hitch.

The Munter hitch creates friction by having the rope rub on itself and on the object it has been wrapped around.

A munter hitch is a belaying method that creates a friction brake by tying a special knot around an appropriate carabiner.

A rope is set up by anchoring it with a munter hitch and locking off the non-rappelling strand of the rope.

This can be useful when the anchor, carabiner and Munter hitch are behind the belayer whilst attention is paid to the loaded end of the rope.

If a belay device is lost or damaged, a Munter hitch on a carabiner can be used as an improvised passive belay device.

A round-ended carabiner for use with a Munter hitch (from the German name for the hitch; Halbmastwurfsicherung).

The 'Munter hitch' is named after a Swiss mountain guide, Werner Munter, who popularised its use in mountaineering.

These knots include the bowline, double figure eight, munter hitch, munter mule, prusik, autoblock, and clove hitch.

HMS is also considered short for the German word, "Halbmastwurfsicherung", a knot which is called the Munter Hitch in English.

The special offset shape of the HMS carabiner allows a climber to use the Munter Hitch for belaying without the rope getting stuck or jammed.

Some improvised descenders include the Munter hitch, a carabiner wrap, the basic crossed-carabiner brake and the piton bar brake (sometimes called the carabiner and piton).

Many knots can also be used as makeshift tools, for example, the bowline can be used as a rescue loop, and the munter hitch can be used as a belay.

The Munter hitch, also known as the Italian hitch or the Crossing Hitch, is a simple knot, commonly used by climbers and cavers as part of a life-lining or belay system.

A belay system incorporating the Munter Hitch is the same as any other belay system, which incorporates a belayer to tend the rope and an anchor, which secures the belay system and belayer to the deck.

The Munter hitch is taught on Australian military roping courses as a simple and effective method for descending steep or overhanging terrain with combat equipment and can also be used for lowering heavy stores or casualties, the only equipment required being a harness or webbing seat, a locking carabiner, and a rope.