One of the most important safety procedures that one can do before climbing is tying into the rope and anchor system properly. The knot that is most commonly used for tying into a harness is 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 ... The mule knot is also sometimes referred to as a releasable knot. ...

Ice climbing belays - Threaded belay (Abalakoff Thread): 2. Remove the ice screw, thread a belay rope (min. 8 mm) into one end and place the Abalakov hooker into the other to extract the rope.