To see a tutorial of the backpacker's hitch ... It is similar to the bowline knot, but is made with two ropes, cords or lines instead of one. It's also known as the weaver's knot, and is widely ...

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 ...