Knots might seem pretty complicated to get the hang of, and some of them are pretty ... situations where you need to connect two pieces of rope, string, or cord. In the backpacking world, it ...

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 ...