Max Lurie – Essential Outdoor Knots

Max Lurie – Essential Outdoor Knots

Essential Outdoor Knots

We’ve all tried to learn essential knots by looking at pictures and illustrations, but it’s often a lost cause requiring us to fall back to less-than-ideal knots or hitches that don’t hold or are impossible to loosen. No more! In this easy-to-follow online course, BACKPACKER and the Colorado Mountain School will teach you a dozen knots and hitches via video, to ensure you know what to tie and when you need to tie it.

What You’ll Learn:

It’s time to ditch the old adage of “if you can’t tie knots, tie lots.” That’s why BACKPACKER and the Colorado Mountain School will teach you how to tie the most essential knots and hitches that you can use for nearly any outdoor situation. From bowlines and square knots to girth and trucker’s hitches.

How This Course Works?

We know you have a busy schedule, so we’ve designed this course to be taken at your own pace. We break down the course by type of knot or hitch, allowing you to delve into exactly what you want and need. Plus, once you purchase the course, the lessons are yours forever.

1) Course Intro

• Difference between knots and hitches
• Tying considerations
• Types of rope and cord
• How to properly store cord
• How to prevent fraying

2) Must-Know Knots

• Square Knot
• Overhand and Overhand on a Bight
• Bowline
• Figure Eight and Figure Eight on a Bight

3) Must-Know Hitches

• Girth Hitch
• Clove Hitch
• Trucker’s Hitch
• Taught-Line Hitch

4) Good-to-Know Knots and Hitches

• Alpine Butterfly Knot
• Double Fisherman’s Knot
• Prusik Hitch

5) Bonus Knot

• Sheet Bend

About Max Lurie

The Colorado Mountain School’s Max Lurie is an AMGA-certified rock guide who ties knots every day.

“Whether you are climbing a remote glaciated peak in Alaska or backpacking with friends, knowing how and when to tie the right knot can change the outcome of your trip,” Max says.

Max was born and raised in Maine and spent much of his youth running around the forest barefoot with a machete in hand, building forts with his neighbors. He discovered climbing when he was a teenager, graduated from the University of Maine, and has been a mountain guide for more than 10 years.

“If my career as an outdoor educator and guide makes even one person more of a conservationist than it is all worth it,” Max says. “I love sharing the mountains with people and seeing the wonderment in their eyes.”