Lost in the woods?

Want to know some common uses for paracord when you are lost in the woods?

You can use paracord to:

1. Tie together your shelter

2. Create snares/traps to catch animals

3. Hang your food from a tree, out of reach to other animals

4. Tie a raft using logs/wood

5. Sew broken/torn clothing

Want to assemble a Bug-Out Bag?

A bug-out bag (BOB) is a portable pack with items that can be used as a short-term survival kit. Generally, people put together BOBs so they can survive and escape from catastrophic events such as natural disasters or even zombie attacks. When putting together a proper BOB, make sure you include these items:

• Enough food (non-perishable) and water to last for 72 hours. This includes water for washing, drinking and cooking. It is recommended to have at least 1 gallon (3.78 liters) per person per day
•  Water purification supplies
•  Cooking supplies
• A first aid kit
• Hygiene kit
• Fire starting tool (e.g., matches, ferrocerium rod, lighter, etc.)
• Maps, including a disaster plan with location of emergency centers, rallying points, possible evacuation routes, etc.
• Professional emergency literature explaining what to do in various types of disaster, studied and understood before the actual disaster but kept for reference
• Standard camping equipment, including sanitation supplies
• Weather appropriate clothing (e.g., poncho, headwear, gloves, etc.)
• Bedding items such as sleeping bags and blankets
• Medicine
• Pet, child, and elderly care needs
• Battery or crank-operated radio
• Lighting (battery or crank operated flashlight, glow sticks)
• Firearms and appropriate ammunition
• Cash, since electronic banking transactions may not be available during the initial period following an emergency or evacuation
• Positive identification, such as drivers license, state I.D. card, or social security card
• Birth certificate and/or passport
• Fixed-blade and folding knife
• Duct tape and rope/paracord
• Plastic tarps for shelter and water collection
• Slingshot, pellet gun, blowgun or other small game hunting equipment
• Compass

 

Let's Talk First Aid

How can paracord assist in a first aid situation?

1. Make a splint: tie straight sticks around a broken limb
2. Tie a sling to hold your arm
3. Sew up a wound using the internal strands. (The internal strands are kind of thick, so you can unwind those for even smaller strands)
4. Make a tourniquet to slow blood loss
5. Make a stretcher by running paracord between two long sticks

Are You Going Fishing?

Well, don't forget your paracord!
Here are some fishing applications for paracord:

1. Make fishing line from the internal strands of your bracelet
2. Make a fish stringer!
3. Secure your boat or raft
4. Make a net

Wacky Wednesday Facts

Paracord was used by astronauts during STS-82, the second space shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope

Even useful in anti-gravity situations

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Paracord Uses Cont.

Outdoor Adventure? Keep these helpful paracord uses in mind just in case something bad happens.

Oh. It's not going to happen to you?
It could. You never know. So just read these 'kay?

The Woods can be a scary place, just ask Little Red Riding Hood.

1. Build a shelter by using paracord to tie together sticks or the corners of a poncho or tarp
2. Build a hammock
3. Build a snare
4. Tie logs together to build a raft
5. Is it snowing? Make some snowshoes. Bend a one-inch branch into a tear-drop shape. Weave the paracord across the opening and tie this to your shoe
6. Make a slingshot for protection

Wacky Wednesday Facts

WACKY WEDNESDAY FACTS
Every Wednesday we will be posting a weird or wacky fact that involves the amazing paracord.
Today's wacky fact, drum-roll please.......

Paracord was first used by the U.S. Military. It's most popular use was as suspension lines for parachutes for US paratroopers during World War II.