Just like any outdoor enthusiast, you need to be equipped with vital skills, and knottology is one of the most important.

You can tie as many butterfly knots into a single line of rope as needed, which is especially handy with multiple climbers on a line of rope. But it's not just useful for climbing. The alpine ...

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 ...

To simplify matters the manoeuvre has been described using one single rope, but it is possible to carry out the same manoeuvre using two half ropes. The mule knot is also sometimes referred to as a ...