Rope Handling

Rope, just like any flexible material, can often seem to take on an attitude of its own. Especially when learning to tie, it’s easy to encounter a frustrating number of flow-disrupting knots, jams, twists, pinches, and blisters.

In this rope handling class, we’ll begin with targeted drills designed to help you work with your rope’s natural movement rather than against it. We’ll focus on healthy finger hooking, running end management, and smooth tail pulls in a variety of common situations.

From there we’ll learn additional techniques and tips to achieve proper tensioning, even wraps, centered stems, and clean, tight frictions. Finally using a simple harness pattern as a framework to practice all these skills together and build your confidence, fluidity, and control so your rope starts feeling like a partner in your scenes rather than an obstacle.

Self tie or partner tie

No prerequisites

Supplies:

2+ ropes

Cutting tool

Class is 6-8pm with and hour of open tie after. $20 per person. We recommend you bring something comfortable to sit on if you'd like (we will have chairs), layers in case you get chilly. Enter the building through the Norseman Distillery entrance.