Tie the Blake's Hitch for Lifeline

or compromised in the tree and now all of a sudden you don't know how to tie the most basic knot you're stuck in the tree because you didn't take the basic steps first remember this arm's length okay i'm gonna take these two and bring them together i'm gonna go behind right okay never in front but behind and i'm gonna wrap it around four times one two three fourth and then go and take these four loops and adjust them so it looks nice and clean and then let the tail end fall behind so back down around back up through two so come around and you take just the first two create some space i can usually do this very fast on my own but take some space and run the tail end of the rope through this pull out all the slack and then make sure this system is nice and clean pull it tight and see how there's there's a bite on here around the back yep and then that's what allows you to but it's not finished because you have to pull up the slack like this in the tree and the name of that knot again is this is the blake's hitch blake's edge or the monkey fist or the monkey fist that's right all right so pull the slack out pull the tail end of the rope up while you sit your butt down in the tree and test it to make sure that it holds and then you tie the figure eight knot so this doesn't back out on you it doesn't run and now you are free