The bowline knot makes a secure loop at the end of a piece of rope. It works best when it's holding a load, which helps to keep the knot tight and secure. And it has many uses, for example ...

it’s the most efficient use of rope if you have a limited amount. Best for attaching ridgelines to trees: Siberian Hitch Historically used by the Evenk people of Siberia who needed to tie knots ...

There are a lot of videos out there that cover how to tie a palomar knot. The best ones use larger rope so that you can see exactly how the knot is tied. One of the tricky parts of tying the palomar ...

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 ...

While some have brought a long rope and made a 'safety circle' out of it within which a group moves, many others have chosen to ties knots using clothing items of each other to remain connected.