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How to girth hitch a lanyard to a harnessPractical guideto ropeusageHow to prepare for low<strong>er</strong>ingThe climb<strong>er</strong> is tied intoan anchor by a lanyard.A bite of the rope is passedthrough the abseiling ring.A figure of 8 knot is tied ontothe bite.The knot on a bite of rope isthen clipped into the belayloop of the harness using ascrewgate carabin<strong>er</strong>. Makesure the carabin<strong>er</strong> is secure.The initial knot used to tiethe rope into the harnessduring the climb is untied.The climb<strong>er</strong> tells the belay<strong>er</strong> totake in all the slack out of thesystem. V<strong>er</strong>bal communicationis v<strong>er</strong>y important.The climb<strong>er</strong> undoesthe lanyard only whenthe belay<strong>er</strong> is ready.The belay<strong>er</strong> should make sure the tail end of the rope clos<strong>er</strong>to him has a t<strong>er</strong>mination knot.35