It's been a long day on the road evading the zombies through the wilderness. You've had some close calls for sure (got blood on the blade a few times), but know it's time to set up camp. So you wipe off your weapon, and drop your ruck. You pull out your poncho and begin to tie it off to the trees and ground - your shelter for the night.
Just to be safe, you secure your likely ingress routes with some EWDs (Early Warning Devices). Tying some fishing line with tin cans between two trees should make sufficient noise when tripped.
You want to make sure the zombie critters don't get into your food supply either, so you sling a rope over a tree branch and secure it to the tree trunk. Now zombie bears won't bother your picnic basket.
You roll out your fart sack and cozy up for the night. Good night zombies. Good night moon.
KABOOM! Thunder! It's pouring rain and blowing wind. You wake up soaked to the bone. You look around. The tarp is nowhere to be found - just the remnants of four ropes remain.
Shit! Should have used a single-sheet bend.
You look around and see your strung-up bag has become unstrung. The ass-end of the rope it was tied to is blowing in the high wind, no longer secured to the tree trunk.
Should have used a bowline.
AHHHH! Three zombies have come in real close to you. The EWD they were supposed to set off has instead fallen loose and tangled around their foot.
Should have used a trucker's hitch - or at least a clove hitch.
In a panic, you grab your bag and...oh shit, your re-tied shoulder strap just busted.
Should have used a water knot.
So the hell with it! Zombies are getting danger close with more on their tail. You grab your machete and make a break for it.
Except your shoe laces are untied, and you trip and fall, and zombies eat you.
Should have went to Zombie Survival Knots with Doug Getgood.
Don't miss our Survival Knots Workshop with Doug Getgood this Saturday, March 26, 2016. Click here to get all the information, then join our Facebook Event to tell your friends!
