Improve your survival skills with these ten essential survival knots, tutorials, and visual guides to help you learn them quickly.

The Trucker Hitch is primarily used to secure loads but can be very useful in any situation where you need to tighten and secure a line.

If you find yourself swept into rapids, you should hold onto the first fixed object you find and not stand up, like Mark Lyons did. These survival hacks are not just for the most extreme cases because even demisting your car windscreen is important for avoiding a serious road accident. So, if you are an avid explorer or see yourself more as a homebody, it is important to be prepared for any situation you may find yourself in.

S.T.O.P. This is the technique that pros like Mark Jenkins use when getting lost in the wilderness without a GPS or a phone available. It stands for stop, think, observe, and plan. Avoiding injury, getting clean water, and finding a way back to civilization are all priorities that could take longer than expected.

A simple lean-to not only provides protection from wind and rain, but can also act as a shield to help trap heat and keep you warm.

Whether you're trying to survive in the frigid wilderness or you're camping out for fun, building a quinzee is a great option for creating a shelter from the elements.

Carrying a fire is a practical, millennia-old way to reuse an ember. When you're moving camps, you can take an ember with you.

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