The Absolute BEST Camping Knot! [And Easiest]

My top uses are:
• To anchor your Ridgeline to a tree
• Attaching tent / Tarp pegs
• For hanging any items like pots over a fire
• Anywhere you may need to adjust afterward!
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[@bobbyhill7948]

KZbin really needs the add the option to add these Shorts to playlists

[@TheBearEssentials]

100% .. I'll do some short type videos on each knot so they can be added.

[@weejohnbb]

I text myself the link.

[@ahmedel-agroudy858]

@@Angikel thank you 👍

[@ahmaddynugroho]

​@@Angikel thanks dude

[@FollowingStorm0]

I hate going through liked videos just to then add them to my playlists. They really need a playlist button on shorts.

[@blaineburgess]

man, i really do wish I wasn’t going to forget this within two hours because this knot would be so useful when it’s needed

[@TarikVann]

Hey mate, reminder to watch this again and practice it.

[@sail4life]

Another reminder, practice the taut-line hitch.

[@stumbleknight1776]

@Blaine Burgess Another reminder if you didn't get notifications about replies

[@blaineburgess]

Please don’t stop with these reminders, it’s wholesome enough that i’m actually gonna end up remembering the knot, and on top of that every time I use the knot it will forever be tied to one of the few moments people actually tried to help me while online. I thank and cherish you all.

[@TarikVann]

@@blaineburgess aww that's great man. Well an extra tip then, leave enough extra rope and you can put a loop/bight through the last bit to allow for a quick release system after heavy loads have been put on it.

[@pedroclaro7822]

Seen it before, but your simple explanation and repetition etched it into my mind. Thank you

[@TheBearEssentials]

Thanks Pedro! That's all I'm aiming at with my channel. much appreciated my friend!

[@Remynator]

2 inside the knot,,,,, 1 outside the knot, and tighten... It became a song in my head to never forget over the years..

[@bozmeg6918]

Wow ! Thank you !

[@DK-op3nx]

Simple and easy to remember.

[@Deathxcore1]

Very informative thanks fam

[@motfc8]

In sailing, it's called a "rolling hitch". Helpful to take a load off of a fowled line.🤙🏼

[@markus717]

I was taught to do the rolling hitch a bit differently... the wraps go higher and higher, not downwards. And on nylon or other slippery rope, I'd do many wraps.

[@markus717]

In sailing, we do a better version. I was taught to do this rolling hitch a bit differently... the wraps go higher and higher, not downwards. And on nylon or other slippery rope, I'd do many wraps. Then you can use this hitch for huge loads, not just your rainfly.

[@ambidex]

rolling hitch (edit: awning hitch) has to cross over itself so that you can finish tying it under load, whereas the knot in the video is nearly impossible to tie under load. it's kind of the worst version of this kind of knot, I wish the Scouts program that has pushed tautline for decades would have used mid-shipman's hitch which is the knot people are referring to above where you go higher and higher. And the early scout books used to teach mid-shipman's but called it tautline, before being revised at some point.

[@matchismo]

Sailors invented most of it.

[@renaissance2005]

It's Taut-line hitch ABOK #1856

[@juliangarner56]

Best demonstration of this knot available anywhere.

[@vasilii6417]

Can't argue with that. Demonstrating it twice and using a different color each time makes it easier to understand and remember. Smart guy! 👍

[@TheBearEssentials]

Thank you both so much! Glad it helped!

[@benjaminthompson7417]

I just want to say, since I watched the first video with the 2x the tension trucker's hitch knot, I have been watching every single one and have learned so, so much. I appreciate all your videos and your willingness to teach others basic survival/camping tactics. Thank you.

[@dougnortman1196]

With para-cord instead of 2 initial wraps use 3 then finish with the 1. It prevents slippage but still is adjustable.

[@Charlotte_Josh]

I have to use this often when tieing with paracord

[@kicksolutionsdiy9511]

I practiced this knot many times until i memorized it after I first watched this video. I carry a bit of parachord on me at all times and just yesterday had a real need to use it. Used this knot to hold a spring force closing gate open while making a grocery delivery to an apartment complex. Thank you.

[@casz7098]

I used to know all these knots when I was in sea cadets. That was 30 years ago, so I forgot. Thanks for reminding me!

[@andrewenyeart3501]

With two decades of using this knot almost exclusively, I can definitely vouch for how handy it is! I never knew the name, but it’s the only knot I remembered from scouts, and it’s been my go-to knot for pretty much everything ever since.

[@joshuabracke5775]

As an eagle scout, I approve. Most useful knot for a line that needs to be adjusted easily.

[@brandoferr1343]

Probably one of my most used knots. Great short video and explanation. I saved it to send to people as a quick example if I'm not able to demonstrate. thank you

[@Gary-uy9mr]

Also called the rolling hitch. One of the most useful knots i know, use it all the time like magic. But your final loop should go over the T line and wrapped in the opposite direction this keeps the double loop for the friction not in the right line for pressure. The way your trying it will cause it to loosen under vibration like high winds or while highway driving, like I said I've used this knot alot, including tying it incorrectly there for a bit.

[@steveescher1554]

That is how I tie it.

[@thomasbarlow4223]

Gary this is why i love youtube..... old guys know a thing or two

[@randallkornholio2971]

I've tied it both ways but the way tied in the video is technically correct for what is called the taught line hitch and i have used it to hold my slack line tightly when securing my kayaks to the roof of my car and it doesn't loosen when going down the road, that being said it's not the best knot for holding loads. You can also give it additional half hitches at the end to make the knot more secure, the adjustable grip hitch is more secure as well but tying the taught line hitch with the last half hitch in the opposite direction is admittedly very similar to the prusik with one less wrap so it stands to reason it would also be a secure knot. However if you want a secure knot for loads the best is definitely the truckers hitch.

[@UserUser-ww2nj]

Your way is how i was taught this knot in the merchant navy . Doing it as you describe locks the knot better

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

This isn’t a rolling hitch.

[@stephenino]

Thanks for refreshing my knot tying skill. I was trying to remember how to do this exact knot, because it’s been a while since I needed this knowledge.

[@thecowboy8474]

I'm an eagle scouts and a professional boy scout so to speak. The taughtline hitch is by far the most useful knot I know. It is my go-to knot for anything. I've towed a car out of a ditch with it and an old climbing rope. I have never had one come untied so long as I left at least a half inch of tail.

[@locke_ytb]

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[@ChinaChuck]

My taut line knots slip on thicker rope. Watching this video I noticed I'm crossing that last loop wrong.

[@joestevenson5568]

Glad it worked for you, but it's a fucking terrible choice for a tow

[@thecowboy8474]

@@joestevenson5568 I know, and believe me it wasn't the weight bearing portion, just what I used to tie everything off and make all the lines taught. i was using a 50' piece of 1100 cord wrapped between my truck and a car like five or six times. And then I tied all the strands together with one taught line. Had to cut the knot apart and a few strands snapped but I got the car unstuck.

[@nathanozimec2167]

How do you tie the taut line

[@AcornEmbrio]

Ive been fascinated with knots lately. Its amazing how useful they are. I was painting on a roof today and tied myself off. Its extremely gratifying the more self-reliant you become. Thank you for your lessons in knot tying. I have ADD so it gets confusing for me. But you show and explain in such a way that it just makes it all make sense and easy to remember.

[@Daltonleach11]

This is my favorite knot. This and a self locking truckers hitch.

[@TheBearEssentials]

Awesome! I'll do a vid on the Truckers hitch too, what are your fav applications for it?

[@freethinker5225]

I've used this knot for a few years and it has to be my favorite knot as I really like my tarp to be tight to stop flapping or water build up. Makes the process so much quicker

[@timelessadventurer]

I wish I could save this in a knots playlist! Would be super handy!

[@thangd7124]

History > Add to playlist > yw.

[@brandoferr1343]

you can I did

[@Drinksfromtap]

YES! This is one of the most useful and easiest knots I’ve ever learned!

[@jacobryant2673]

Wish every short was like this. 15 second video and I leave having learned something that will serve me forever

[@TheBearEssentials]

Wow thank you for saying this!!!

[@mrdownboy]

The education system should learn how to teach kids using this type of interaction.

[@Nunyabizzness86]

I 100% agree!

[@slartibartfast4859]

I 100% agree as well, they should have things like this thought by the schools, and the kids would have to show they have taken it in, not everyone will be a winner, but I know this would have given me better knowledge than learning about 2/3 poems in English, that I have never heard of seen or read again.! I’ve learnt a lot more since leaving school I think. Is that knot also known as a blood or half blood knot xx

[@ArdiMuluk]

I don't do camping, but I subscribed because of this knot knowledge..😊

[@jonnythelegs2597]

Finally something useful gets recommended

[@Ohne_Silikone]

I have been using this for decades. One of the most useful knots I know. You can also do it with one turn through the loop and two over the standing part. I don’t exactly know which, but one bites a bit more.

[@aloron1174]

I'm an Eagle Scout too, learned it once and never forgot it. An easy way to remember I always say is, Two-in One-out.

[@MeatMan359]

One of my buddies taught me this when I was in the army and this is by far the most useful knot I know

[@remraf72]

Your camera angle combined with your direction is beyond perfection. You are a fantastic teacher ! Great video !

[@steverichter9825]

My favorite and still most used knot. I don't even do Scouts or camping anymore and I still use this one for temp lines, clothes lines, etc. Once used it to strap a 17ft canoe to the roof of the ole 'burban and drove 11 hours with no slack when we got where we were goin'!

[@UnloadedRex]

Love it, learned to tie this behind my back in Boy Scouts and now I use it all the time. From setting up a tent to securing cargo in the bed of my truck this is my most used knot

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

💯

[@catmanlll]

Very secure...as long as it stays taunt.

[@rltnoyb3825]

The very best verbal description and it was easy to see what your hands were doing. Excellent

[@xgrimreaper317x]

Your whole channel is giving me nostalgia from growing up with my Gpa in South Carolina! Please keep up the awesome work my friend!. This is stuff everyone should know just incase!

[@largo5348]

These videos are the most simplest, easily explain, easily to understand how to to needs knots; thank you!

[@natecarrier7538]

Used to work as an arborist and we called this knot the “suicide knot” because if somebody forgot to tie a knot in the tail it could slip through and send you falling. Used it almost everyday

[@bernhard8540]

That's why you tie a backup after the Blake's hitch then it can't suck back through.

[@ollie6241]

The prusik hitch and the Blake’s are better options

[@adamb8317]

This is not a knot for high loads and you ALWAYS backup your knots when there's potential for harm. Former ropes course instructor and yeah prusik is a more trusty tension hitch in critical situations. I use the taught line for my tent stakes and laundry line LOL

[@ooee8088]

The figure 8 stopper knot is crucial

[@wolfreaperx222]

We called it a speed knot for the same reason. Doubling it on the top and bottom would over tighten at times. But yep, dangerous nonetheless, especially when using it climbing.

[@eddiekane1202]

I have an essential knot book but I’m a visual and hands on learner. Thank you for this!

[@droid4369]

Now this is a noteworthy "short".

[@MonkeyJedi99]

And knotworthy as well!

[@george2113]

@@MonkeyJedi99 possibly spongeworthy

[@george2113]

Yes, most of the shorts are too short

[@Mrjack-yn2dj]

Absolutely the best knot to know

[@dominicjose3660]

Why do you knot want to know?

[@Mrjack-yn2dj]

@@dominicjose3660 it's just knot my cup of tea

[@IWannaGoSailing]

Thank you for teaching me this knot. I know I will use this every time I go camping in the future.

[@sheldonhatch8255]

@The Bear Essentials I needed this today in an emergency. I'm so glad I found your channel

[@kaitiakiheke9174]

BEST BEST BEST INSTRUCTIONS, I just couldn't get it watching others, you made it SIMPLE for sure ❤❤❤💯💯💯

[@thomasbarlow4223]

How can a man not subscribe to this channel.

[@TheBearEssentials]

Thanks brother!!

[@tiwalterite]

Because it's awful? Lol

[@ahmadhusaini9631]

This is my favourite knot ever..been used this knot since i was kid

[@daphneraven6745]

Thank you very much! I was trying to remember that just today.

[@Bowfinger6383]

"2 wraps on the in. Then 1 on the out, tighten it up, your line will be stout"

[@jonathanthorlandflanneryii7004]

This is the knot my father taught me to repel out of trees. Love it

[@Cat_Trainer]

wow, my clove hitch can now have a brother ☺️

[@southtexan1761]

Niceee. Thank you for sharing.

[@TheBearEssentials]

You’re very welcome, thanks for commenting!

[@brianbailey462]

id go camping with you

[@petemillis4666]

You're spot on with this. It's all i use for guylines and really shows that plastic and metal sliders are not necessary.

[@victormoreno5386]

👍🏽 yup. Thank you bro. Helping a dude who’s gonna be spiking out for work for this fire season.

[@TheBearEssentials]

That’s awesome!! Hope it’s a good one my man

[@Saffirance]

Thank you so much! I find knots so frustrating. It always looks like a magic trick. A miracle happens and there's your knot. This one looks so easy to see just how you did it. Thank you. Instantly subscribed. Thanks again!

[@TheBearEssentials]

If you liked this vid, I have a VERY in depth and EASY Knot video with the BEST 10 knots: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a52vgXR-gMSebKs

[@ronjones-6977]

Thank you for this. It made me cry. I have a canvas pup tent that my dad gave me 51 years ago and it has a wooden dowel with a hole in it on the guy rope that serves the same purpose. I keep it around because it reminds me of him and all the things he taught me over the years. He died at 53 and I miss him every day.

[@marycarpantier9729]

@@ronjones-6977 LP

[@benjaminwest6657]

6 years of BSA and this is the only knot (besides the square knot i guess) that I ever really used and still remember to this day

[@joelkoonce8559]

Knots are a lost art

[@robinnegus6499]

only to ppl who don’t use them… Im a sailor. Knots are pretty common to me.

[@louiscolborn6715]

This is good knot. A little knowledge go's a long way.

[@peterdonnelly6804]

Yo friction hitch

[@WTP_DAVE]

This is correct that knot is great for everything from tiring up trams to making belts of slings or wrapping up your sleeping bag tight

[@ViaticalTree]

It shordens that rope and tidens that knot.

[@denisestover2416]

I learned this knot when I was taught to fish! This is a great knot!

[@mfpondgoose]

“Wow what a amazing knot!” **hangs myself**

[@Treewalker7433]

No, that knot's a little different...

[@Joshua-jk1om]

That knot has way more loops

[@RedSalamanderr]

This is by far the best tutorial for this knot

[@markcox1457]

This is the first knot I made myself learn. I use it everytime I get outdoors to camp. The best way to learn it is to tie it over and over until it makes sense and is memorized.

[@lukebowler266]

How tf did KZbin know I needed this knot. I'm alone, I've said nothing about it to anyone. Nothing I've bought or searched for could've lead to this but I've been trying to figure it out all day. Again not a word

[@TheBearEssentials]

Whoa!! No way. That’s actually nuts lol

[@isaacanderson6770]

I acctually remember using this knot to tighten my shorts. I needed a solution because the the common bow knot doesn't adjust; when I needed to use the bathroom in a hurry, I didn't like how long it took to untie the knot and then pull down the shorts. I needed a solution where the pants could adjust easily, but also hold when I needed them to. After experimenting with the strings, I ended up creating this knot and it worked perfectly.

[@dirkfrazier9779]

I was taught this as a kid (my Dad) and relearned fresh out of college. I don't remember exactly how my Dad did it because he showed me only once, after that I only saw him play with line and lure and it was done like the one-time explanation was all I needed to last me a lifetime. My friend taught it with 5 to 7 wraps before the final splice and called it a fisherman's knot. To this day, I don't know who was less competent or who had the least amount of teaching skill, or the misinformation taught to them. Thank you for your clarification and now I must run- try it and play with it 50 times so it is engraved in my mind. It's amazing how the disinformation gets passed along, I already forgot the name of the knot...

[@jimbo4618]

This is the only knot I know and it works for everything tarp related.

[@GarrisonFall]

This knot is the solution I've been looking for... :)

[@jimmccree9627]

I've used this for my fishing lures and hooks since I was a boy. I'm 60 now. It's always worked well enough for me.

[@samcrdx8016]

This is what I pay my wifi bill for. Great stuff. I have been recording all these knots you thought in my personal survival guide and I use them in various occasions, just like how I use the suture patterns I learnt ;-)

[@antonpayne919]

even tho im not a camper i subsribed today and am practizing the knots you show. you never know when you need them

[@Aguila077]

This easy,short, explanation of something really practical in real life it’s what got me to subscribe to your channel. Well done sir.!

[@TheBearEssentials]

Thank you so much for this!

[@carrops]

I keep seeing these shorts about knots and it's honestly fascinating how something as simple as two peices of rope can showcase so much enginuity and possibility

[@xjcrossx]

These are the shorts I love. Not the ones that make me want to stop watching YT. I will be using this a lot.

[@TheBearEssentials]

Ah I’m so happy!! Thank you for saying that!!

[@1212CRMD]

I learned that Knot several years ago. I have been using it ever since! Love it!

[@edicreynaga5368]

This is the first knot instruction video that I feel like I can mail on the first try

[@benjaminrusso9580]

This is brilliant! Thank you so much! To those that will forget this I suggest getting some cheap chord from Walmart. I'd see videos like this all the time and forget it. Got some chord today for a 1$ and practiced this a few times and boom I'm already remembering it!

[@mgl2708]

dude explanation is so simple and easy to grasp, ill remember that for the rest of my life 👍🏻

[@skipdreadman8765]

Super useful knot. Never failed me.

[@Catnipfumar]

I'm just having a visual of being out camping and people that don't know how to tie a knot my uncle showed me this knot particularly and I love it. I just like the way you explained it so simple my uncle would just do it really quick he's like okay did you get it I'm like no could you do it again no you should have paid more attention okay thanks. so maybe because of the coffee the wake and bake on a Saturday with some good herb. I'm just picturing somebody in the forest having a problem putting up their tent and crying about it. Then all of a sudden out of the bushes you jump out and you say have no fear Knot man is here!🤣 Thoughts I have that my friends tell me I should just keep to myself the like some thoughts don't need to be out loud. This idea brought to you by Mary Jane 👍🏽😹

[@MenQuotes001]

I just redid a bunch of knots in my house based on this random short. Thank you sir

[@TheBearEssentials]

Sweet! Glad it helped!

[@thoubias]

I've done similar, but with a couple of cross and go under loops before the final locking loop. Not sure if unnecessary or worse or better, but it held the tent canvas in shape, so it worked.

[@missjohnson2346]

You guys!! You don't know how many knots are going into my hair tonight. Woo hoo! I'm starting right....... NOW! ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

[@michaelzimmerman8959]

I was a tree trimmer for many years, and I use that for my climb line, but I use two loops in the second rap. Good job.

[@giottozampogna5659]

Very helpful to see you tie the knot from two points of view

[@encoreunefois1X]

I've just practiced this a couple of times. It's going to change my life.

[@fireteammichael1777]

Your shorts are probably my new favorite and are probably priceless!

[@ItsAsparageese]

Oh wow, useful! I use a variation on this where the working end passes through not just its most recent loop but the first two as well, & it's great especially for being really resistant to slippage for use cases where I only want to adjust it sometimes, but it's also kind of a pain to make. I think the knot you show will be plenty fine for most applications that I've been using mine for, lol

[@screwstone6148]

When I learned knot I joined the Navy. Good job Sally.

[@makarelsardines8457]

So that's how you create a noose. I've been searching for a while. Saves me a lot of time.

[@faroutmydude5965]

Im a rigger for the shipyards and we use the same configuration but on stationary components like metal round stocks to make pick-points and bridals. Essentially its a Dead Turn inside of a Clove Hitch. We call them Grave Hitches. When adequate tension is applied the knot will never slip.. the line would snap befor that knot does. Super useful

[@joewestern6387]

Easily one of the most useful knots to know.

[@andrewcouto5620]

Thank-you man!!! I suck at knots. This one is easy and useful!!

[@kaleb5426]

Learned to do this in scouts, we were encouraged to learn them one handed

[@nathansmith8969]

Learned this knot in the early 70's in Boy Scouts as knots are a requirement. Used them to hold tents to stakes on every camping trip

[@Salty_Sprinkles]

Absolutely the best camping knot. Kudos

[@grantmeliberty5409]

Only learned the taut line hitch 60+ years ago. Fun to see it taught as a new thing.

[@freshandsaltyjohnny]

I'm horrible with knots, but after 20 years of not fishing i still remembered how to tie the palomar fishing knot. The only knot for fishing line you will ever need to remember.

[@NICEE406]

This knot is also a good start to several other useful knots!

[@aramboodakian9554]

I learned this knot in the Boy Scouts in the late 60s and have used it ever since in my backpacking and camping adventures!

[@delfinjac8493]

WOW!!😱 AMAZING EXPLINATION👏👍👍 THAT FRICTION KNOT HAS MY BRAIN TIGHTEN IN KNOTS...😅😂 TXS FOR GREAT VLOG!🥰💕 Johanna,Sweden.

[@tonysinigur]

This knot will make your life so much easier, definitely grab some rope and learn how to tie this knot. Very easy to learn as well

[@greenisforever77]

This knot is used when there're no adjusters. I used it before for pitching tents and mounting flagpoles during school camps. It's a pleasant refresher. Thank you. I just don't know how name it.

[@JollyPirateAhoy]

I used that knot as a tree climber. That knot has save me life several times