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If you start a guy, teaching basics, older hitches and then inprovements; they appreciate as it gets easier with newer kit. Every climber should be able to tie basics. Taughtline, Blakes for friction hitch. Munter hitch for belay or lowering. Fig 8 set ups. These are important knowledge for the...

Used a blakes for a quick make shift spider balance rig over a house yesterday. I asked for two dead eyes and got a small hank of rope that was a tad long for my purposes. So made do. Basics have their place. Good to know the roots of the trade as well as the modern. Tools in the kit