The Mule Knot (a.k.a releasable knot) is ideal to lock off the rope on the belay plate ... indispensable if you need to rescue your partner on a multi-pitch climb. In this case you need to transfer ...

Portland Fire & Rescue crews set up a rope rescue system Thursday evening to help a man who fell over a railing and down a steep cliff off of Terwilliger Boulevard in Southwest Portland.