Warning: All of these procedures need to be learnt in the presence of an instructor.

This procedure is used when a knot has been tied in the abseil rope at any point on the abseil path. Knots can be placed in ropes for a variety of reasons including joining two shorter ropes to make a longer one and removing a damaged section of the rope from the system.

This proceedure if for people abseiling with a backup above the belay device

1. Abseil until descender is just above knot (i.e. about 100mm to 200mm).

2. Lock off on the prussic.

3. Attach second prussic below knot with an additional screw gate karabiner.

4. Remove the descender.

5. Attach the descender below the second prussic.

6. Tie off the decender.

7. Attach leg prussic to the rope above the knot, and if possible, above the first prussic.

8. Stand in leg prussic and loosen first prussic.

9. Lower weight into your tie off slowly, making sure the knot holds.

10. Remove the first prussic and the leg prussic.

11. Release the tie off.

12. Continue abseiling.