To tie into a harness with a Figure 8 Follow-through, tie a Figure 8 knot in the rope approximately 3 - 3.5 feet (1 - 1.5 meters) from the end of the rope (Figures 1 - 4) Feed the running end of the ...

Bowline Knot To create a fixed loop at the end of a rope, the bowline knot is your best bet. This versatile knot is easy to untie, even after bearing weight, making it perfect for various ...

But I admit, those knots were not perfectly finished. The rope clipped like no other. The small diameter, suppleness, and wide gate openings of sport-oriented rope-end carabiners made clipping ...

“If we’d known the rope was going to be too short, or was at risk of being too short, then I would have just tied a knot in the end of the rope,” says Dave. Almost any knot would have worke ...

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 ...