thank you so much for such clear explanation and demonstration! I found your tutorial the best among all men's videos, being the man by myself. Subscribed ;)
Absolutely fantastic video - wathcing you from Australia here. Solo mama trying to learn some camping skills so I can take my 7 yro boy regularly. You have helped me immensely just even with this "dog" knot! What a game changer! I am going to really try to perfect my tarp assembly next trip. I am so grateful for your gentle explanations, so clear and generous! Thankyou! If I had a class with you IRL I would be so relieved that the instructor was someone with your manner, you put me right at ease here!
I’m about to embark on my first solo camping trip and the weather has turned to rainstorms. This is very helpful! Thank you for the patient instructions; you’re a good teacher!
In my many years of playing Army in the jungle and in the sand I’ve never ever had the luxury of having a tent or tarp. We had a motto of “travel light and freeze at night in tropic rain and wake up wet and freezing cold.” When were traveling over difficult terrain even a light tent was too heavy and considered to extravagant and not necessary to complete the mission. . I don’t have to do that anymore for God and Country. I learned something from you today, an instructor who taught in your exemplary way. Thank you . .
time 15:21...I thought there was a bear! lol...it was your dog..Thank you!!! Thank you for all the videos you make. I hope one day when my kids get older I can go take one of your classes!!
Thank you!!! This was so helpful! I just took my gf and kids camping for 3 nights, it rained, I used your tying methods, it really worked! I never knew how to tie knocks or put tarps up before. The tents aren't 100% water proof and I've been soaked in the past. The way you showed and explained it, you made it so simple and yet extremely effective. Thank you so much!!!🙏🇨🇦
You have a good voice, my Viking friend. I listen while I’m in my gym working out. (Therefore, not always a comment from me.) Now that I have reduced hearing, I really appreciate the sounds of your surroundings as well.
Thanks for video. So many knots and / or toggle set ups. Slip knots seems to be easy peazy, but I like a locked brummel ridgeline and taught line hitch here and there so I dont forget how to make every knot.
Excellent tutorial. Thank you. Simply done and so refreshing without all the macho nonsense so prevalent in most outdoor videos. My ridgeline is done almost exactly like yours, except I've been using duffle coat buttons as toggles, attached/knotted to the loose end of the loop (stealing from my mother's button box since 1978). Thank you again.
Wow hello from NZ, I was looking for a really simple way to hang my tarp with simple instructions I could follow , thank you for this what an awesome instructor you are !
Good job T! We use to make tents out of tarps as kids. It was a lot of fun until Dad couldn't find his tarp that he absolutely knew he had! lol We would run our Moms cloths line that she knew she had through the middle holes of the tarp and use rocks to hold the sides down. At night while everyone was sleeping we'd pull the tarp to the other side of the tree and leave everyone out in the open. It was funnier if it was suppose to rain that night. lol
Hi - being older I do pop-up tent camping. But, had the opportunity to go tent camping this weekend in the Badlands National Park area. Decided to try what I had learned in your video as it was very hot and I wanted to cast some shade over a hammock. The set-up went great - used tent stakes for toggles. Thanks for providing new fun learning. That's what keeps your mind young. Glad I found your video!
Great video! I have not had a chance to play around with tarps to try all the different setups, but your video makes me feel way more informed than I was. Simple and sweet! Now I need to get some practice under my belt. Thank you so much for showing us how it's done! I can see how this is definitely a skill that is needed to be known! Very informative and taught so well! 😁
Hello Spirit Forest i learned few knots and forgot most due to out of practice i am going to choose 5 easy ones and once in a while practice them so they stay in memory , thank you for taking time to show it , good Spirit indeed and all the best Tammy the Spirit of the Forest
TY☺Great Real World Instruction For Newbie's Like Me' and ' diy 'Brass Grommet Kits' Are Available At Any Decent Hardware Store' They are Easy To Make and You Can Grommet All Kinds of Things'⛅ Peace and Wisdom AlwaysTo You 'Miss T Spirit' 🌈
I had such success learning and executing last season, i specifically searched for your video for a refreshed this year: so glad i did! will be set for all possible memorial weekend weathers at the park this year
You could get paracord or similar for ridge line and use 4 prussic loops out of smaller diameter line just add 2 knots for tarp side .. one knot will go thru eye hole and then on top of other knot then pull prussic tight the other prussic's are for tree side just pass thru cord and tie a bunny ear ...When done camp just pull and go no sticks required ...For tarp just pop knot thru ...I have been using for along time now for tarp and hammock setup ...I use bunny ear on all my stuff if need more security use a pinky size stick in bunny ear and pull tight ...Try all the hanging stuff at home before you go in woods or camp ...
I thought the frame captured a black bear on the tree line as you demonstrated the prussik knot 😅 Thank you for the easy to follow lesson on tarp shelters 👍🏼
I watched this video a few times and then utilized this information like a boss-bitch! We spent 3 terribly rainy nights in Acadia National Park this weekend and this tarp (with a few adjustments) provided us amazing dry coverage!. Thank you!
I'm a senior widow who had to leave RV-ing behind but still love camping - so I'm venturing into tent camping. This video was incredibly helpful and your teaching style is terrific. The repetition not only clarifies but kind of "cements" the process. Thank you! Do you have any videos on how to tarp OVER a tent using only tent poles?
Hello my outdoors friend. Thank you for sharing your very informative video. You explained it perfectly. The very best to you and your family. Always take good care out there. Be safe and have fun. 🤗🤗
Great video. Question though if you have the time to respond. When I do this with pretty lightweight p cord, the knot with the "dog" loop doesn't bite, so if I put pressure on the ridgeline, the knot slides toward the tree (actually fencepost for testing purposes), and the ridgeline slackens. Is it the p cord that doesn't create enough friction? I am pulling the knot away from the post when I tighten it down. Thanks.
I use a carabiner and a cam jam to set mine up. I keep the prusik knot attached to my tarp and store it in snake skins, but I love the idea of the toggle stick to attach the prusik knot to the tarp. This is a great video. I could use the toggle sticks and lose some weight on my set up with this idea. It wouldn’t take that much longer to set up.
Great video. Like you bushcraft, hiking and camping, and video skills, your teaching skills are very good and getting better all the time. Success in your various endeavors is apparent. Keep up the good work.
Just a question, isnt it easier just to lay the tarp over the ridge line and then guy the four corners down or tie the four corners to other trees? Is there a specific reason why you have the tarp suspended below the ridge line?
Great way to teach, but simplified, for kids, if one long Prussic loop is made, and can poke through the hole in the tarp, so the toggle is under the tarp flap
Untie the prussek on the ridge line put one of the threads through the grommet tie a knot at the bottom of the tread that goes through so it will catch in the loop of the other thread of para cord make a bite with the other fold into a loop and thread through the other one that’s threaded the tarp and pull them the prussek is a modified soft shakle . I used to have soft shackles on my tarp now I use the prussek as the soft shakle .
I thought so too! :D But then I remembered how many times my own black lab mix looks like a black bear when we're out in the woods, even though all bears in my country are brown! :D
Crappy tents are the norm, always keep a good tarp with you in case the tent goes Walmart on you in the rain. And extra 50 foot 0f paracord is good to stash away in your gear
I'm usually very critical of knot demonstrations, but not with this one. I might do it differently, but there's absolutely no qualms with the way you did it. The two changes important enough to comment on are 1) to give all your nylon and nylon paracord line to your enemies and switch over to polyester or Dacron line. Dacron is the brand name for polyester line, so it's a bit more expensive as a brand, but polyester line (not to be confused with polypropylene) is available at hardware stores and online. The main benefit of polyester line is that it does not stretch whether dry or wet. Nothing is less fun than to awaken in the middle of the night to find you're soaked, because the nylon ridgeline got wet and stretched. The price difference between same-size nylon and polyester is pennies per foot. You can always find Dacron line at marine stores where the price difference is nickels to dimes per foot. Also, second change I'd make, is 2) to form a figure-8 knot for each of your loops. The simple overhand knot binds on itself while the figure-8 does not, and so is much easier to untie.
Grommets. Very handy!! Your ladies are fortunate I like the way you teach!!!
That bear was so chill. He was very polite and quietly left
That was her dog.
Your dog knows you succeeded in blocking the rain & the wind. You make him happy. Thank you for showing all the steps. That's a big help.
thank you so much for such clear explanation and demonstration! I found your tutorial the best among all men's videos, being the man by myself. Subscribed ;)
You are a good teacher! 👏👏 hello from Spain!
Great, thanks for sharing
Absolutely fantastic video - wathcing you from Australia here. Solo mama trying to learn some camping skills so I can take my 7 yro boy regularly. You have helped me immensely just even with this "dog" knot! What a game changer! I am going to really try to perfect my tarp assembly next trip. I am so grateful for your gentle explanations, so clear and generous!
Thankyou! If I had a class with you IRL I would be so relieved that the instructor was someone with your manner, you put me right at ease here!
Brilliant. Thank you.
I’m about to embark on my first solo camping trip and the weather has turned to rainstorms. This is very helpful! Thank you for the patient instructions; you’re a good teacher!
I wish you luck. You got this
In my many years of playing Army in the jungle and in the sand I’ve never ever had the luxury of having a tent or tarp. We had a motto of “travel light and freeze at night in tropic rain and wake up wet and freezing cold.” When were traveling over difficult terrain even a light tent was too heavy and considered to extravagant and not necessary to complete the mission. . I don’t have to do that anymore for God and Country. I learned something from you today, an instructor who taught in your exemplary way. Thank you . .
Thanks for Serving our Country Brother !
time 15:21...I thought there was a bear! lol...it was your dog..Thank you!!! Thank you for all the videos you make. I hope one day when my kids get older I can go take one of your classes!!
he is my little bear
Same!!!
Great video. learned alot. The rings on the tarp are called eyelets.
Great instructional T... The metal reinforcement rings on tarps are called Grommets, not rivets.
Or a eyelet
Triumph Screen Printing , yes grommets.... yes
eyelet
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noun
1.
a small round hole in leather or cloth for threading a lace, string, or rope through.
Thank you, I watched so many of these tutorials and this is the one that clicked
Thank you!!! This was so helpful! I just took my gf and kids camping for 3 nights, it rained, I used your tying methods, it really worked! I never knew how to tie knocks or put tarps up before. The tents aren't 100% water proof and I've been soaked in the past.
The way you showed and explained it, you made it so simple and yet extremely effective. Thank you so much!!!🙏🇨🇦
You have a good voice, my Viking friend. I listen while I’m in my gym working out. (Therefore, not always a comment from me.) Now that I have reduced hearing, I really appreciate the sounds of your surroundings as well.
Thank you Bjorn!! I feel the same with your voice.
You both have great speaking voices. Love to listen to you both.
I definitely learned something new today! Thank you so much...and I love your lil pup! I love Rottys!
Thanks for video. So many knots and / or toggle set ups. Slip knots seems to be easy peazy, but I like a locked brummel ridgeline and taught line hitch here and there so I dont forget how to make every knot.
Thank you sooo much ... Permanently camping st the moment and just improved my setup !!
You can not get anymore basic than this. Good job. Drop the ridge line.
Thank you for this video. Learned a lot and got to see Rocky. He was a very good model. It looked like beautiful weather out there as well.
Best explanation I've seen yet! Thank you! -Beginner Camper
very explicitly shown tutorial......not a lot of people do this.......love how u keep it simple....
Glad you like it!
Excellent tutorial. Thank you. Simply done and so refreshing without all the macho nonsense so prevalent in most outdoor videos. My ridgeline is done almost exactly like yours, except I've been using duffle coat buttons as toggles, attached/knotted to the loose end of the loop (stealing from my mother's button box since 1978). Thank you again.
I really like your videos and your teaching style. I wish I could take your course. I’m in Maryland, and I’m 200 yrs old. Good job
Well done and great instructions. I guess I should go try that now. Thanks! Have a great one! Rocky is comfy there!
I always had a hard time hanging a tarp and this video really helpful I'm gonna try this!! Thank you!!
Wow hello from NZ, I was looking for a really simple way to hang my tarp with simple instructions I could follow , thank you for this what an awesome instructor you are !
Good job T! We use to make tents out of tarps as kids. It was a lot of fun until Dad couldn't find his tarp that he absolutely knew he had! lol We would run our Moms cloths line that she knew she had through the middle holes of the tarp and use rocks to hold the sides down. At night while everyone was sleeping we'd pull the tarp to the other side of the tree and leave everyone out in the open. It was funnier if it was suppose to rain that night. lol
This is great. Thank you! Ha at 23:04 I thought you had a black bear in camp. 🐶
haha.. He is my little bear
Awesome! Your light hearted attitude and instructions make a huge difference between successful instruction and not. Thanks chica!! 💪🏽😎
Hi - being older I do pop-up tent camping. But, had the opportunity to go tent camping this weekend in the Badlands National Park area. Decided to try what I had learned in your video as it was very hot and I wanted to cast some shade over a hammock. The set-up went great - used tent stakes for toggles. Thanks for providing new fun learning. That's what keeps your mind young. Glad I found your video!
Very good vid! Good basic , quick setup knots n gear.. Thanks for the refresher course! ATB from sunny Wintergarden,Florida!
Great video! I have not had a chance to play around with tarps to try all the different setups, but your video makes me feel way more informed than I was. Simple and sweet! Now I need to get some practice under my belt. Thank you so much for showing us how it's done! I can see how this is definitely a skill that is needed to be known! Very informative and taught so well! 😁
Yes.. simple and sweet. :)
most easy and smart way you did... by the way, love your smiley face xxoo
Easy to follow and informative. Now I just need some trees in treeless or Forestry Plantation Scotland.
Great vid! Totally instructive. Thanks so much for sharing.⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️👍
Wow brilliant demonstration!!
Good stuff. Straight forward instructions.
I like the description of the tarp. Low cost and usable.
Hello Spirit Forest i learned few knots and forgot most due to out of practice i am going to choose 5 easy ones and once in a while practice them so they stay in memory , thank you for taking time to show it , good Spirit indeed and all the best Tammy the Spirit of the Forest
Thanks Tammy, that was easy to follow instructional video. That will help a lot of people.
TY☺Great Real World Instruction For Newbie's Like Me' and ' diy 'Brass Grommet Kits' Are Available At Any Decent Hardware Store' They are Easy To Make and You Can Grommet All Kinds of Things'⛅ Peace and Wisdom AlwaysTo You 'Miss T Spirit' 🌈
I had such success learning and executing last season, i specifically searched for your video for a refreshed this year: so glad i did! will be set for all possible memorial weekend weathers at the park this year
You could get paracord or similar for ridge line and use 4 prussic loops out of smaller diameter line just add 2 knots for tarp side .. one knot will go thru eye hole and then on top of other knot then pull prussic tight the other prussic's are for tree side just pass thru cord and tie a bunny ear ...When done camp just pull and go no sticks required ...For tarp just pop knot thru ...I have been using for along time now for tarp and hammock setup ...I use bunny ear on all my stuff if need more security use a pinky size stick in bunny ear and pull tight ...Try all the hanging stuff at home before you go in woods or camp ...
Thanks!
Brilliant video. Classic teaching techniques 😎
I thought the frame captured a black bear on the tree line as you demonstrated the prussik knot 😅
Thank you for the easy to follow lesson on tarp shelters 👍🏼
thank you, this was very helpful. thanks for being approachable.
I watched this video a few times and then utilized this information like a boss-bitch! We spent 3 terribly rainy nights in Acadia National Park this weekend and this tarp (with a few adjustments) provided us amazing dry coverage!. Thank you!
Great easy to follow. You got my subscription 😊
Tammy that was very Interesting I didn't think as a man I would enjoy this episode you made me learn something ..tks
Thanks Tam. You’re a great teacher!
I'm a senior widow who had to leave RV-ing behind but still love camping - so I'm venturing into tent camping. This video was incredibly helpful and your teaching style is terrific. The repetition not only clarifies but kind of "cements" the process. Thank you! Do you have any videos on how to tarp OVER a tent using only tent poles?
Thank you!
Thank you! I can follow your great instructions. I think I'm ready to try this myself!
Great video very good instructions not enough people know knots good job sunshine have a great day!!🤗🤗😘
appreciate your pacience in explaning every step. sorry my english. hugs from argentina.
And try to stay with orange cord so u can see it at night ,with a flashlight of course.I like yr video
Hello my outdoors friend. Thank you for sharing your very informative video. You explained it perfectly. The very best to you and your family. Always take good care out there. Be safe and have fun. 🤗🤗
I love this video.. You have explained very well. Thanks for the video : )
Great instructional video..thanks for sharing.
Great job😎
I finally learned how to tie correctly!
Thank you 😊
Great video. Question though if you have the time to respond. When I do this with pretty lightweight p cord, the knot with the "dog" loop doesn't bite, so if I put pressure on the ridgeline, the knot slides toward the tree (actually fencepost for testing purposes), and the ridgeline slackens. Is it the p cord that doesn't create enough friction? I am pulling the knot away from the post when I tighten it down. Thanks.
Might want to get better cord
Super cool video, Tammy.
Awesome video, thank you! ❤❤❤
Great video, thanks!
Thanks! Love how toos.
From a old Boy Scout Great Job. Hope 2019 classes go well. Tammy I hope some of your local youth group leaders see this and tap into your knowledge. 👍
Great video there Tammy! Great job keeping it simple. I may have to use that set up ext time. Thanks for sharing!
Very informative! Thanks
I use a carabiner and a cam jam to set mine up. I keep the prusik knot attached to my tarp and store it in snake skins, but I love the idea of the toggle stick to attach the prusik knot to the tarp. This is a great video. I could use the toggle sticks and lose some weight on my set up with this idea. It wouldn’t take that much longer to set up.
good idea
I don't see a link for this. Does anyone know where to get one? Thank you Canadian prepper!
Great video. Like you bushcraft, hiking and camping, and video skills, your teaching skills are very good and getting better all the time. Success in your various endeavors is apparent. Keep up the good work.
Very good video and instructive, Thanks Tammy! LOL DJK wis.
I never leave comments in any vid, but thanks a lot, Im a man and sfter many years camping Ive never found a great way to put this.
Glad to help
Great easy instructions
Really useful. Thank you.
Great delivery, repeated and good visuals
Thanks the easiest I have seen, go girls, ha ha
Thank you for the tips 👍
Just a question, isnt it easier just to lay the tarp over the ridge line and then guy the four corners down or tie the four corners to other trees? Is there a specific reason why you have the tarp suspended below the ridge line?
U can but this will damage the tarp over time due to fraction.
Hey you were womansplaining! Good thing I was married for 13 years, I understood you perfectly. Great video!
Great way to teach, but simplified, for kids, if one long Prussic loop is made, and can poke through the hole in the tarp, so the toggle is under the tarp flap
Lolololololololololololololol, I looooove the dog
Untie the prussek on the ridge line put one of the threads through the grommet tie a knot at the bottom of the tread that goes through so it will catch in the loop of the other thread of para cord make a bite with the other fold into a loop and thread through the other one that’s threaded the tarp and pull them the prussek is a modified soft shakle . I used to have soft shackles on my tarp now I use the prussek as the soft shakle .
I don’t see my question so I’ll ask again hope it’s not repeat. How much cord for the four corners .
I have good luck with aqua quest tarps
Hi I'm sure somebody told you already but the little circles made out of metal on your tarp or called grommets
oops.. lol
Am I the only one distracted by what looked like a black bear photo bombing her video.!!?? 😂😂
I thought so too! :D But then I remembered how many times my own black lab mix looks like a black bear when we're out in the woods, even though all bears in my country are brown! :D
Crappy tents are the norm, always keep a good tarp with you in case the tent goes Walmart on you in the rain. And extra 50 foot 0f paracord is good to stash away in your gear
great demo
Thanx for the good info....... :)
You said 50 ft but what about the 4 corners you need more how much for the four corners?
The technical term for the rivet thing is “grommet.”
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Very nice to see
Boa noite minha querida. Tu tens algo no seu semblante muito especial, amo o jeitinho como tu fala. 😚😚😚😚😚
Very good, I'd love to join
I like your tutorial on the quick release not. Family and I use it alot.
I'm usually very critical of knot demonstrations, but not with this one. I might do it differently, but there's absolutely no qualms with the way you did it.
The two changes important enough to comment on are 1) to give all your nylon and nylon paracord line to your enemies and switch over to polyester or Dacron line. Dacron is the brand name for polyester line, so it's a bit more expensive as a brand, but polyester line (not to be confused with polypropylene) is available at hardware stores and online. The main benefit of polyester line is that it does not stretch whether dry or wet. Nothing is less fun than to awaken in the middle of the night to find you're soaked, because the nylon ridgeline got wet and stretched. The price difference between same-size nylon and polyester is pennies per foot. You can always find Dacron line at marine stores where the price difference is nickels to dimes per foot. Also, second change I'd make, is 2) to form a figure-8 knot for each of your loops. The simple overhand knot binds on itself while the figure-8 does not, and so is much easier to untie.
I hope your sister is watching.