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Learn how to tie knots such as the bowline, constrictor knot, trucker's hitch, and clove hitch - free video.
There are 17 videos in this series:
Tying camping knots that can be used for anything from keeping food away from bears to setting up your tent are discussed in this free video series.
Tying your tent to a winch line or a tarp around a tree are two common uses for the bowline knot. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
Drying a pair of boots or gloves over the fire are made easier by a bowline on a bight knot. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
The double bowline, or French bowline, knot can be used to support and suspend yourself in a sitting position, such as from a tree. Learn more in this free video series.
Arranging very tight and rigid ridge lines for your tarp is just one use for the trucker's hitch knot. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
The marlin spike hitch knot provides a quick and easy knot that is able to put some weight on a line. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
Tying a constrictor knot to a leaner ensures that you won't lose any small objects around your campsite. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
A pile hitch knot can be used in both boating and camping activities. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
Tying an icicle hitch knot around a wooden stand or round object can make it very useful for camping. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
Carrying a lot of bottles or other objects without handles is made easy with a jug knot. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
A square knot, or reef knot, can be used to tie bundles of items like sticks together. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
Slip and slippery hitch knots are used to tie down tent poles or to hunker down campfire twigs. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
A tent pole hitch knot ensures that you won't lose slippery or unruly objects, as this knot keeps these items in place. Learn more in this free video series.
Prevent your ends from unraveling in your three-strand rope while making an eye splice knot is discussed in this free video series.
Learn the over-under pattern that makes a solid loop at the end of your eye splice knot in this free video series.
You can tie a solid line around a pole or stake quite easily with a clove hitch knot. Learn more on how to tie and use this knot in this free video series.
Tying items together in a right angle can be difficult. Not with the square lashing knot, however. Learn more in this free video series.
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.
Daniel Schieffelin Daniel Schieffelin has a degree in Outdoor Education and Leadership from Sterling College in Vermont. He has worked outdoors in several stations including being a bike, back country travel, kayak, and climbing instructor in Southern Utah; working on the Appalachian Mountain Club's professional trail crew; and teaching life skills, instructing sailing courses with Outward Bound. Dan enjoys a variety of activities outdoors and otherwise. When not working at the gear store he ice climbs, hikes, hones his BB gun skills, collects tee shirts, and plans for future adventures like hiking the Appalachian Trail.dkdk
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