You do not need to be a rope rescue technician or some end-times survival wizard to know a few knots that might keep your gear, your buddy, or your own backside from making a bad day worse.

For many of us, untangling our earbuds is the extent of our survivalist knot knowledge. Tying knots is just for sailors and mountain climbers, right? Turns out, there are a few simple knots that you ...

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