I'm a U.S. Air Force Vet and a professional firefighter and rescue team leader for 36 years (now retired) and know knots pretty well. However, I am always interested in the way other people use and tie knots. This video was great. I live by the motto, "Try to learn something new every day." And I learned some great techniques here today. You're video's are great and you look like you re having fun which makes the video's fun to watch as well. Keep up the great work!
@@helbitkelbit1790 you have to know quite a few knots as a professional firefighter to: hoist tools, tie off to an anchor for rappelling, certain knots for rescuing victims etc. Professional being the designator between volunteer and paid.
Bro I have always used a bowline followed by a truckers hitch and finished with a slippery hitch. I can say it's fail safe but you just taught me a new method that I find exceptional! I have always liked the mechanical advantage you used on the second tree tension knot but the finish knot you showed Russian, Siberian etc is epic. Liked and subscribed. You do a great job showing steps and the explanations are very rememberable and clear. Love the accent too. American southern man here....
Very clear demonstration of how to do these knots, from a middle aged woman who is hoping to go camping and use a tarp. I like how you used the picture of the gun to help with remembering how to do it - that really helps me.
That's three new knot lessons for me, thank you; and, to find out that there are Instagram channels dedicated to perfectly pitched tarps!!! Who knew? All the best for you easing out of lockdown and getting out camping and walking again.
I really know I’m getting into knots when I exclaim out loud ‘Oh - that’s nice!’ to the down pipe run on your cordage. And what great advice on building in a deliberate weakness to tarp tie outs. Awesome channel by the way.
I have been trying to learn this complicated tie for years and you are the first person to explain it in a visual way that I will always remember from now on. Thank you so much.
The basics are always needed and due to the huge amount of videos out there they always need refreshing, Think the biggest problem we get in the UK is that everywhere is owned so adds to the stress of feeling like your sneaking about. Keep up the good work.
At last! I have tried to master the truckers hitch to no avail. The two round turns and half hitch, so simple! Taking all this with me wherever I go now! Many thanks!
I like you. I love your dog, she's adorable. The tip about getting the middle eye of the tarp tied first makes total common sense but something I've never thought about embarrassingly. Thank you so much for that little bit of gold. Hurry up and slow down mentality is also my motto for being out in the natural space. Definitely saves a lip welding. I've subscribed. Thank you :) xx
As I travel about on RU-vid I came across your video and gave it a fair shake. after the first one I found a second video and again watched completely... I find your style of sharing and the depth of real world instruction you offer to be enviting and easy to follow along... thanks. Marc.
I'm a humble 'ol lady. I loved this visual style of learning knots! Always needing to learn. Especially camping season and recent 'discovery' of tarps over heavy pop-ups.
oh thank you so much man I was on a backpack trip not too long ago and the wind was crazy without your number four I would have never knew how to stop the wind thanks man 💪
i have tried to use this knot( Evank hitch) for many years and sometimes i succeed,.. most times i do not... thank you for POV angle , it has made things so very much clearer and easier to follow.. ATVB. keep um coming.. Scott Somerset
I do find it interesting how many different ways people use to do basic tasks such as the tarp. Listening to their reasons, taking on board and trying out and comparing to my own way and reasons. A while ago now, started brewing up / cooking when out instead of a flask & sandwiches etc. It slowed everything down and allowed me to decompress. It's done wonders for my head.
I've been trying knots for many years for different things and there's always just a few I fall back on. I'm trying out these new ones before I head off camping again!
Very clear explanation and great camera work! Good to hear some "why's" too, not just "do it this way" (I remember "how" better if I understand "why"). Feeling inspired. Thanks.
I sure wish this channel existed 50 plus years ago when I was in scouts, you showing how to make knots would have made getting my merit badge super easy.
Fab. All great stuff and the POV filming makes it really clear. Great teaching and as a 'teacher' in a busy boarding school, I spend as much time in the woods as possible, exactly for that vital reason of staying sane and slowing down. Wonderful. (Back to school next week...gulp!)
love the vids, im a uk army vet and always used bungees, so had no clue about knots, this was the best lesson ive had since dont eat yellow snow. thankyou.
That was great. The filming of you doing the knot was spot on. You can be proud of your work here, that is for sure. I appreciate you not only saying to do something, but more importantly you explain the why behind your statements.
The Evenk or Ray Mears knot is probably THE most common anchor knot for tarp line's used by ' Bushcrafters ' / Woodsmen, good little tutorial for those just starting to get out Nick 👌🏻
Thanks for this. I go fishing for 2/3 days at a time and have started bringing a tarp with me to create a porch at the front of my tent. These knots worked a treat and I was jumping about like a kid when I nailed the first one. My porch has never looked so tight :)
@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 Just bought myself a mora black as well, very pleased with it. Your content is great, pretty much binged your entire library now. ThankYou!
Another brilliant video outdoors definitely improves my metal health keeping busy keeping active getting involved with nature it doesn’t get better 💪😀👍
@@hiddenvalleybushcraft5683 I learnt most of my knots at Marine Services Diving Salvage School in Rosyth in the late 80's. Did a few courses with some of your lads who were decommissioning. Great times👍
Great video. My father was an instructor in the civil defense school in Ireland many years ago. This brought me back with some of the terminology, donkeys tail. I liked how you spoke about building in a weakness when working on the tarp, I've busted a couple in my time with knots that I realise now were too good!!
Only been watching your videos a week. Moved into a new house and the gazebo keeping out lawn laying kit dry has been destroyed. Just bought a tarp and used all these knots to put it up as a temporary shelter. Something I need a bit of practice with but really appreciate the clear and simple instructions. We shall see how it copes in the first few winds 😬😁😂
The set up technique is fast,no mess around,this you have demonstrated very well.I'd like to see you incorporate the lower/raise bends for your ridgeline.This is very handy when you need to quickly alter the sheet(hoochie) to create weathering from the elements.Can you do a little brew corner as well,that would be a very cosy tip for keeping hot beverage intake sustained for punters who need to keep extra warm in light kit layup.Your a gem mister!
Thank you. Not being able to get out your vids have kept me going and taught me loads. Be heading out soon and im sure I will tie myself up in knots lol
I thought this was a great tutorial on a tarp setup, and the knots used for that setup. Thanks mate for another cracking job of educating the masses. Cheers.
Thanks for taking the time to share your knot knowledge. I use the bowline, trucker’s hitch and the Prusik for setting up a ridge line. Good to see another way.
Excellent video, these are the most usable knots for the purpose and are very easy to learn and remember. Used them last weekend for a winter camping foray and they work great in high winds, as I found. Thanks for putting these up, your teaching method and point-of-view video are very useful. Oh -- and I own a Fjallraven Singi 48 now because of you. If my wife finds out she'll be coming to you straight away. LOL!
I have been thinking about getting a tarp for about a year but the thought of knots put me off this video explained it perfect after watching I'm going to get one might even take the grandsons
Absolutely the best camping/ bushcraft channel I’ve subscribe to. Simple, none patronizing and informative. I’ve hit my sixties and learned something new every time I’ve watched an episode. I live in Australia now, but next time I’m back in the uk I’ll be visiting you school. Superb 5 stars ⭐️
I’m retired military and volunteered for search and rescue when off duty. I love camping and actually assisted in development of a combat survival school while in the military. I love seeing these videos and always practice some of these very techniques while camping. Thank you for making these and I love to see more.
Thanks very much! Took me a while to learn, but I finally got there; Couldn't have done it without you. :) oh, and btw, me too, slowing down is so important. The woods to me at least, seem to have their own sense of time, amazing.
EX forces guy 40 years ago, wanting to spend a little me time wild camping, have just started looking at your you-tube videos for some help this one really informative as are all the others I have seen. Keep up the excellent work many thanks for your help.
Wow thanks! Just found your channel an you wont believe what I'm doing? I'm sat in my living room with a piece of rope an a table leg. Russian knot check! The other two am working on!
Nice, And thank you for the simple useful and applicable knots that I can use when I’m out hammock camping. If you ever think you know it all because you know a tautline, and a bowline, These knots are impressive! Thank you sir, subscribed
Your "Figure of Four" knot is very much like the "Taught Line Hitch" I learned as a Cub Scout. We used it for guy lines on tents and dining flies (a tarp over the table with a center pole). Oh the fun we had with ropes and knots. Clove hitch, half hitch, square knot, timberline hitch, overhand, figure eight, oh yeah... Have you ever helped build a "Monkey Bridge"? That was just the start. Once in the Navy I learned some more advanced stuff, like a Russian Sennit. Look that one up, you'll probably like it and be surprised. I made one that was 16 strands and about 4 feet long. The Bosun on that ship, USS Impervious, MSO 449, gave me a Navy issue Bosun's Pipe to put on the end and I gave it to my father to have on his boat, a 25' Chris Craft he used to fish with on Lake Michigan. That was nearly half a century ago....
Keep going Nick, love your content. Keeping it informative and simple. Nothing better than finding some peace while out in Mother Nature. All the best fella Chief 👍
Wow I really needed to hear this and learn this 😊 hopefully where I’m going tomorrow will have reception to rewatch your vid 😅 first timer overnight backpacker here from Aus
Awesome video! Thank you so much for this informative video! It was so helpful that you showed how to do the knots in a calm manner! Really great video!👌
Came here from your older Tarpology video looking for these exact knots you used, thanks for completing that teaching. Especially loved the core reason for all this stuff at the end; I help build meditation retreats /Buddhist festivals in areas of natural beauty for Buddhafield in the UK and am here learning this stuff for very much the same reason 🙌 slowing down, getting to know yourself better, finding inner resources, remembering connection, enjoying peace. Funny how we found this from totally opposite backgrounds! All the best for your channel Nick, discovered it this morning, +1 sub
I'm a bit late to the party. But I'm heading out on my first solo trip shortly and am trying to learn as much as I can before heading out. This is by far the best knot tutorial I've come across! awesome work, love your chanel.
So many amazing things to learn in this video This is my first of yours I've seen. But the nugget of wisdom (and the reminder) about slowing down at the end? Amazing:) Thanks for the content! And the manner in which you deliver it.
I was wondering what to write to give a true feedback and then the narrator said 'personally' in part of the commentary and that is exactly what I like about this guy, he address this personally, it makes you feel he is helping you directly
Nice vid. I am one who loves different knots. Knowledge is Power. Thank you for the different ways to make tarps taught. The truckers hitch is the one I have used but with large trees, the ridge line can end up to the side of tree. Thanks for sharing you knowledge and time.
