Vertical caving terminology and methods > Knots > Common knots
Common Recommended
A hitch tied by threading, that is used to prevent another knot from accidentally undoing. Made from a half hitch with an extra turn. Essentially a double overhand knot that is tied around another piece of the rope where it emerges from the other knot. The result is that the other knot can now be considered "stopped", such as a stopped bowline. Note that the term "stopper knot" refers to a class of knots that does not in fact include the knot that is called a stopper knot by cavers. Cavers use the term safety knot for what is called a "stopper knot" elsewhere. (The reason for this is that climbers often use the double overhand knot as their safety knot to prevent a rope from slipping all the way through a belay device, where they call it a stopper knot. In the caving world, the name stuck, but for the wrong reasons.)
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