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Urban Survival Tools Part Three Making a Positive Connection

When it comes to transportation in an urban environment, you probably won’t be throwing a saddle on your horse when you need to “get out of Dodge”. You’ll most likely be cranking up the four-wheeled urban version instead. There is a simple tool that will be needed to fix one of the main problems that occurs with a mechanical form of transportation. This tool is a good set of heavy duty battery booster cables.

Whether it’s an interior dome light left on, a weak alternator or simply a weak battery, a good set of heavy duty battery booster cables can often “make your day”. Unless you have a manual transmission in your vehicle, there’s little else that can help get a vehicle with a weak battery started (pushing a vehicle with an automatic transmission doesnt work). Until you do get it started, you won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.

Don’t waste your money on a cheap set of booster cables. These could create a possible fire hazard and this would create additional problems you don’t need. A good heavy duty set of booster cables arent that expensive ($20 to $25) and you’ll be glad you had them when and if they are needed.

Just remember to keep a set of booster cables in your vehicle.

Got booster cables?

Staying above the water line!

Riverwalker

Urban Survival Tools Part Three Making a Positive Connection

Types of Knots The Sheep Shank with Three Variations

The sheep shank is a type of knot that is traditionally used to shorten a rope, take up slack or provide additional security for a rope that may have a weakened or frayed area that could break. It is also easily tied in the middle of rope if it is important to keep items secured without untying your rope. This knot is not very stable but can be useful if needed to enhance the stability of a weakened or frayed rope without having to actually cut out the bad section. It’s important to remember that this type of knot may fail if it has too much load or too little load placed upon it.

A much more stable variety of the sheep shank commonly used is called the dog shank. This variant of the sheep shank is more stable and can help protect against spillage of your knot. The dog shank variant is made by passing the ends of your rope through the eyes formed at each end of the sheep shank to prevent the knot from spilling. The only problem with the dog shank knot is that the ends of your rope must be available to make this variant of the sheep shank.

There are also two additional variants of the sheep shank that I refer to as either a double hitch or triple hitch sheep shank depending upon the number of half hitches used to make your sheepshank. One distinct advantage of this variant is that it doesnt require the ends of your rope to be available. It also only requires only slightly more rope than the original variant of the sheep shank. This variant also provides more stability than the traditional sheep shank.

The traditional sheep shank is tied using a basic half hitch on the end that forms your loop. To tie a double or triple variant, just add an additional half hitch (or two) to make your sheep shank more secure and far less likely to spill.

Knot tying skills can serve as a vital part of your survival training. You can also use your knowledge of knots to find variants that can serve to expand your knowledge base in tying a variety of knots to handle a wide variety of circumstances you may experience.

Got knot variants?

Staying above the water line!

Riverwalker

Types of Knots The Sheep Shank with Three Variations

The Well Dressed Survivalist Part Three The Paracord Keychain

You don’t have to wear a boonie hat loaded with paracord or a paracord bracelet in order to have a supply of paracord handy. Paracord is still a versatile and very useful item that you will want to have available for emergencies. One simple alternative is to use a paracord keychain. This allows you to have your paracord handy and you won’t have to make any fashion decisions while you’re doing it. You can also add a light or a whistle to your keychain to make it a good old survival keychain.

Get one with a carabiner clip and you can fasten it to your jeans, your BOB, or just about anywhere else you may decide to hang it. This way youll be able to keep your keys handy.

Got survival keychain?

Staying above the water line!

Riverwalker

The Well Dressed Survivalist Part Three The Paracord Keychain