How to Tie a Swiss Seat

I get about 20 hits a day looking for "How to Tie a Swiss Seat". Usually, those hits land on this post. If you don't go there, that's fine, because you won't find instructions on how to tie a Swiss Seat, just a picture of some old teammates getting ready to rappel in Germany a lifetime ago.

However, if you are looking for instructions on how to tie yerself up in a knot and throw yerself off a cliff, here's two good sites:

Tying a Swiss Seat

How to Tie a Swiss Seat Rappel Harness

Both seem to describe the correct way to perform the task, though I haven't actually tied a Swiss Seat myself in over a decade.

Anyway, hope this helps those of you coming here for help with your rappelling adventures.


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