Terms such as *working end*, *standing part*, and ... you need to create a secure loop in your rope. With its simple design, the figure eight knot offers excellent strength, ensuring that the ...

The Mule Knot (a.k.a releasable knot) is ideal to lock off the rope on the belay plate. There are many occasions in climbing when, belaying from the harness using a device which does not self-arrest ...