This wasn’t a trick study either ... do not assume you know how safe it really is. You better KNOT test that rope. If you found that story interesting, learn more about why people often wake ...

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 ...