Rigger
A person who ties another in rope; the term is common in Western rope communities.
Definition
Disambiguation
Rigger refers here to a person who ties another in a rope scene. The same word is used unrelatedly in theatre and industry for professionals who work with rigging equipment. This entry addresses only the rope-scene meaning.
A Rigger is a person whose role in a rope scene is to apply rope to another. The term is a Western importation from theatrical and industrial rigging vocabulary and is widely, though not universally, used in English-speaking rope communities.
Discussion
Some communities and teachers prefer alternatives such as Rope Top, Nawashi or simply 'the one tying', arguing that Rigger carries mechanical connotations at odds with the relational nature of rope practice.