10 Interesting Facts I Doubt You Know About Knots
Knots were also used for record keeping in ancient China, and the Chinese Book of Changes, almost 2,500 years old, associates knots with contract and agreement.
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What’s the Best Tie-in Knot? The Bowline vs. The Figure 8 Knot
Pro climber Heather Weidner discusses the pros and cons of two tie-in knots.
Why Do Knots Keep Coming Untied?
Here we have two tales of not paying enough attention to climbing's most critical tasks: tying in and belaying.
Make Multi-Pitch Climbing Safer and More Efficient With the Clove Hitch
The versatile clove hitch has a myriad uses. Here's yet another one.
Learn to Trad Climb: A Beginner’s Guide
Want to enhance your rappelling skillset? Build better anchors? Perfect your gear placements? Crush your first multi-pitch?
Double Bowline Climbing Knot: Safety Tips and Concerns
The double bowline gets a bad rap—here's how to use it correctly
8 Essential Climbing Knots: The Complete Guide
Step-by-step tutorials and uses cases for the figure-8, prusik, clove hitch, munter hitch, and more
Multi-Pitch 911: How to Escape the Belay
Check out Alexa Flower's author page.
Quick Clips: 5 Quick Fixes for Common Climber Problems (January 2019 Edition)
Check out The Editors's author page.
Learn to Climb Trad: Knots, Rappelling, and Logistics
More fundamentals for multi-pitch awesomeness to get you to the top—and back down—safely.
5 Steps for Safer Rappelling
Follow these guidelines to maximize rappel safety
Learn This: The Double Figure-Eight Knot
Check out Julie Ellison's author page.
Learn This: One Handed Munter and Clove Hitches
Check out Julie Ellison's author page.
How to Tie a Figure Eight, Swedish Style
Check out The Editors's author page.