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- Secure a tent
- Secure a tarp between trees
- Hang tools from your belt
- Hang tools from around your neck
- Secure things to the outside of your backpack
- Make a tourniquet
- Secure a splint
- Make a sling for your arm
- Make an emergency belt to hold your pants up
- Make emergency suspenders
- Replace a broken bra strap (it happens)
- Replace broken or missing shoe laces
- Make a tow line; double or triple up for extra strength
- Create a makeshift lanyard
- String a clothesline
- Hang something up off the ground
- Rig a pulley system
- Make traps and snares
- Replace damaged or missing draw strings in packs, bags and sweat pants
- Keep rolled up items secure
- Create a neckerchief slide
- Tie objects together for easier transport
- Make a rope
- Make a hammock
- Make a sack for carrying groceries or gear
- Bundle stuff together
- Tie tall garden vegetable plants to stakes
- Make a pet leash
- Make a pet collar
- Secure a garbage-bag rain poncho around your body to keep you dry
- Hang food in trees to keep the bears away
- Tie stuff down so it will not blow away in a storm
- Create a trip wire
- Create makeshift hand cuffs
- Tie bad guys or intruders to a tree or chair
- Tie people together on a trail so that they keep together
- Identify members of a group using different colored armbands or bracelets
- Use as sewing thread (inner threads)
- Use as fishing line (inner threads)
- Emergency dental floss (inner threads)