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 ... Alternatively, clip a carabiner into the finishing loop and then ...

shared this intense footage of his ice climbing adventure gone wrong. In the clip, the climber slips and plummets, but luckily his safety rope was just short enough to stop him before hitting the ...

Here you can see the rope being braided around the core yarn, as it's pulled up through a dye. This is the braiding action in slow-motion. It produces a mountain climbing rope. Strong, yet ...