Slide & Grip Knots

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Adjustable Grip Hitch - Used to tension a rope or guy line

Used to tension a rope, e.g., a tent ridge line or a guy line.

Slide and grip knot used for ascent and descent.

Distel Hitch - ascending a climbing rope

Slide and Grip knot: takes strain in only one direction.

Farrimond Friction Hitch - Scouting Knots

Quick method of rigging an adjustable tent ridge line.

Grog Sliding Splice - an adjustable yachtsman's belt

Makes an adjustable splice for multi-strand rope.

Very secure slide and grip knot that may grip on tapered pole.

Icicle Hitch - Loop Method - Boating and Sailing Knot

Very secure slide and grip knot that may grip on tapered pole.

Slide and Grip knot that takes strain in only one direction.

Munter Mule Combination Hitch - Climbing Knots

Slide and Grip Knot to control rappelling (abseiling).

Symmetrical 3-turn slide and grip (friction) knot.

Takes a mooring line's load during transfer to the Bitts

Rolling Hitch Knot - Slide and grip knot

Popular slide and grip knot, may fail with modern ropes.

Super Munter Hitch Knot - Climbing Knots

Secure method to control the descent of a heavy load.

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Welcome to Slide & Grip Knots

This page shows a selection of the commonly used Slide and Grip Knots. The ability of these knots to grip securely is heavily dependent on the rope. When rope was mostly tarred hemp, they all gripped. Those days are over, and many of these knots (all?) will fail with modern slippery ropes such as Spectra^®, and Dyneema^® (HMPE). If you are depending on one of these knots, check the rope and the knot carefully.

Climbing Slide & Grip
Blake's Hitch
Distel Hitch
Klemheist
Munter Hitch
Prusik Knot

Control Heavy Load Descent
Super Munter

Boating Slide & Grip
Icicle Hitch
Rat-Tail Stopper
Rolling Hitch

Decorative Slide & Grip
Sliding Splice

Scouting Slide & Grip
Ridge Line or Guy Line
Tent Ridge Line