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 ...

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 ...