Feed the end of the rope back through the existing Figure 8 knot ... This collapses the ATC onto the locking carabiner and locks the rope off (Figure 6). These calls are designed to be easy to ...

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 ...