These are the 11 knots all outdoorsmen and women need to know. Knowing how to tie a knot has long been one of the most important skills in the outdoors that the inexperienced takes for granted.

There are two basic tie-in knots climbers should be familiar with: The figure-eight follow-through, or “trace eight,” and the double bowline with a back-up. Heather Weidner, pro climber, explains the ...

A pensioner fell 30ft to his death from indoor climbing wall after tying a bowline instead of a figure of eight knot in his rope, an inquest heard. 10 April 2012 • 10:17am Man fell to his death from ...

We have received the following appeal by the French Alpine Club section Causses et Cévennes that manages the Gorges du Tarn cliff reminding all climbers to tie a knot in the end of the tope before ...