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== Tie-off - Mule overhand ==

This is the most recognized method to tie-off the mule overhand to set your hands free. The tie-off consists from a slipknot and then overhand knot, both of which are tied around the life end of the rope. As both of these knots are tied with a bight and rope is also pulled through the carabiner, it takes practice to be able to ~~securely~~ inspect the tie-off.

This is the most recognized method to tie-off the mule overhand to set your hands free. The tie-off consists from a slipknot and then overhand knot, both of which are tied around the life end of the rope. As both of these knots are tied with a bight and rope is also pulled through the carabiner, it takes practice to be able to inspect an tie the tie-off reliably.

[[File: hms_tieoff_step1_p6w.png|120px]]

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[[File: hms_tieoff_step2_p8w.png|160px]]

|File: hms_tieoff_step1_p6w.png

[[File: hms_tieoff_step3_p8w.png|160px]]

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[[File: hms_tieoff_step4_p8w.png|160px]]

|If the knot is not in the correct position, flip the knot by giving a bit of a slack (1)

[[File: Munter_tieoff_step5.png|200px]]

|File: hms_tieoff_step2_p8w.png

[[File: hms_tieoff_step7_p8w.png|160px]]

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[[File: hms_tieoff_step8_p8w.png|160px]]

|Create a loop (2)

[[File: hms_tieoff_step9_p6w.png|120px]]

|File: hms_tieoff_step3_p8w.png

[[File: hms_tieoff_step10_p6w.png|120px]]

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|Move it behind the sharp end of the rope (3)

|File: hms_tieoff_step4_p8w.png

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|Pull a bight of the rope belay end through the loop (4), making a slipknot around the sharp end

|File: Munter_tieoff_step5.png

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|Grab the bight with a hand (5) and simultaneously take slack out of the system while releasing the other hand (6), note that the break strand is always being held during this step

|File: hms_tieoff_step7_p8w.png

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|Pull the bight through the carabiner (7), increase its size if necessary for the next steps

|File: hms_tieoff_step8_p8w.png

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|Secure the tie-off...

|File: hms_tieoff_step9_p6w.png

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|... by making an overhand around the life end of the rope (8,9)

|File: hms_tieoff_step10_p6w.png

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|And the mule-overhand tie-off is done

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'''Steps description''': If the knot is not in the correct position, give a bit of a slack first to flip the knot (1). Next create a loop (2) and move it behind the life end (3). Pull a bight of the belay end through the loop (4) effectively making a slipknot around the life end of the rope. Now grab the bight with a hand (5) and simultaneously take out slack out of the system while releasing the other hand (6), note that the break strand is always hold during this step. Pull the bight through the carabiner (7), increase is size if necessary for the next steps. Secure the tie-off by making an overhand around the life end of the rope (8,9).

== Alternative tying methods ==

== Alternative tying methods == ~~~~

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 == Tie-off - Mule overhand ==
-This is the most recognized method to tie-off the mule overhand to set your hands free. The tie-off consists from a slipknot and then overhand knot, both of which are tied around the life end of the rope. As both of these knots are tied with a bight and rope is also pulled through the carabiner, it takes practice to be able to securely inspect the tie-off.
+This is the most recognized method to tie-off the mule overhand to set your hands free. The tie-off consists from a slipknot and then overhand knot, both of which are tied around the life end of the rope. As both of these knots are tied with a bight and rope is also pulled through the carabiner, it takes practice to be able to inspect an tie the tie-off reliably.
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-[[File: hms_tieoff_step1_p6w.png|120px]]
+{{#invoke:FlexGallery|gallery_with_widths
-[[File: hms_tieoff_step2_p8w.png|160px]]
+|File: hms_tieoff_step1_p6w.png
-[[File: hms_tieoff_step3_p8w.png|160px]]
+|120px
-[[File: hms_tieoff_step4_p8w.png|160px]]
+|If the knot is not in the correct position, flip the knot by giving a bit of a slack (1)
-[[File: Munter_tieoff_step5.png|200px]]
+|File: hms_tieoff_step2_p8w.png
-[[File: hms_tieoff_step7_p8w.png|160px]]
+|160px
-[[File: hms_tieoff_step8_p8w.png|160px]]
+|Create a loop (2)
-[[File: hms_tieoff_step9_p6w.png|120px]]
+|File: hms_tieoff_step3_p8w.png
-[[File: hms_tieoff_step10_p6w.png|120px]]
+|160px
+|Move it behind the sharp end of the rope (3)
+|File: hms_tieoff_step4_p8w.png
+|160px
+|Pull a bight of the rope belay end through the loop (4), making a slipknot around the sharp end
+|File: Munter_tieoff_step5.png
+|200px
+|Grab the bight with a hand (5) and simultaneously take slack out of the system while releasing the other hand (6), note that the break strand is always being held during this step
+|File: hms_tieoff_step7_p8w.png
+|160px
+|Pull the bight through the carabiner (7), increase its size if necessary for the next steps
+|File: hms_tieoff_step8_p8w.png
+|160px
+|Secure the tie-off...
+|File: hms_tieoff_step9_p6w.png
+|120px
+|... by making an overhand around the life end of the rope (8,9)
+|File: hms_tieoff_step10_p6w.png
+|120px
+|And the mule-overhand tie-off is done
+}}
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-'''Steps description''': If the knot is not in the correct position, give a bit of a slack first to flip the knot (1). Next create a loop (2) and move it behind the life end (3). Pull a bight of the belay end through the loop (4) effectively making a slipknot around the life end of the rope. Now grab the bight with a hand (5) and simultaneously take out slack out of the system while releasing the other hand (6), note that the break strand is always hold during this step. Pull the bight through the carabiner (7), increase is size if necessary for the next steps. Secure the tie-off by making an overhand around the life end of the rope (8,9).
+== Alternative tying methods ==
-== Alternative tying methods == <!--T:25-->
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