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 ...

Tie off the extra tail of rope to the live end of the rope using several overhand knots or a double fisherman's knot. Clip a locking carabiner through both the groin loop and the waist loops of your ...