Learn How to Tie Various Knots Used for Camping

Series Summary

Those of us living amidst the mountains of sky scrapers, fields of concrete, and the rivers of highways can truly appreciate the adventure of camping in the pristine great outdoors. Even though a day or two in the wild may be enough to make us drive to the nearest Holiday Inn, there is a relaxing quality to living simply in the woods and enjoying nature. While it is simpler there are tasks to be done that are unfamiliar to us that make camping not quite as simple as staying at home. Consequently many times the camping experience is more stressful than relaxing. However, preparations can be made and skills improved before “roughing it”. One such skill that is important to master in order to camp successfully is knot tying. A broad base of knot tying knowledge will allow you to secure tent poles, carry bottles, and secure tarps and tents to stakes and trees.

In this free video series learn how to tie knots from knot tying expert and outdoor enthusiast Dan Schieffelin. Dan will demonstrate how to tie the bowline knot, double bowline knot, and the bowline on a bight, as well as how to tie the trucker's hitch; how to tie the marlin spike hitch; how to tie the constrictor knot; how to tie the pile hitch; how to tie the icicle hitch, the clove hitch, and the slippery hitch; how to tie the jug knot and create an eye splice; as well as how to tie square lashing.

This series is an Equilibrio Films production.

Video Transcript

" Hi my name is Dan and I'm here with Expert Village and in this segment I'm going to talk about camping knots and why many of them is indispensable. There is a number of knots for many different applications. But in almost any camping expedition you are going to need to tie a number of them. Ranging from needing to set up your tent. To having to hang a bag of food to get from keep it away from a bear. So like I said in this segment I'm going to show you a number of the very common yet very useful knots to tie when out in a camping trip. Some of the knots I would cover would be for conjoining lines while others would be helpful. While others would be helpful for making loops. I would discuss some of there applications while I tie each knot. "