OlyRope is a recreational rope education and community-building project based in Olympia, WA, created to support safer, kinder, and more accessible rope spaces — especially for LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent folks in the South Sound.

OlyRope was founded by ComplexiT (T/they/she), a queer, femme-presenting nonbinary rope nerd, bottom-leaning switch, and self-suspender. After discovering rope in October 2024 and having their mind thoroughly blown 🤯🪢, rope quickly revealed itself as far more than a passing curiosity.

Partnered tying can be a sensual, connective experience with friends or romantic partners. Self-tying opens an entirely different door — into self-exploration, self-mastery, and self-love. Both can be powerful forms of adult sensory play, engaging deep pressure, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems alongside the familiar five senses.

Driven by that excitement, ComplexiT dove in — taking private and group lessons, attending workshops and events in the Bay Area with long-distance partner XTCatalyst (who co-facilitates when he’s in town), and supplementing hands-on learning with online study and independent practice.

OlyRope exists to share that joy of learning in a way that feels collaborative rather than hierarchical. Facilitation is intentionally peer-led, and many techniques are demonstrated as self-ties so that folks without partners have concrete, empowering ways to participate. The goal isn’t to be the authority—it’s to cultivate a space where learning from each other feels natural, comfortable, and encouraged.

In the interest of transparency and accountability, OlyRope operates under the KEMS code of conduct, and ComplexiT has nothing to disclose.