Also known as the reef knot or the Hercules knot, it comes in handy for a variety of situations where you need to connect two pieces of rope ... and then wrapping the top line around the bottom ...

One example is the reef knot (top) vs. the grief knot (bottom). One is considerably stronger than the other. What does this mean, exactly? According to researchers, people were consistently unable ...

Knowing how to tie the right knots can mean the difference between security and danger in survival situations. This blog post will guide you through the top 5 survival knots you should master ...

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 ...