Definition of "prusik" [prusik]

• A friction hitch (noun)
• To climb a rope using a prusik. (verb)

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• "He would need to know how to make a prusik knot, but then he would be totally safe."
• "Had I a real need to go higher than 4-5 meters with the ATC I would have used a backup system of a prusik loop or autoblock...or better yet, have a partner belay me."
• "There's a sheer cliff not far from that hut and a Tyrolean, using carabiner and prusik, is needed to get across to a rock, at the foot of which is the burrow of the rare lesser hairless meerkat."