The other issue the 3rd prussic solves over a tied loop is a short distance between trees when you may have to move a prussic past the loop before tying to get enough mechanical advantage, you could tackle from the 2nd loop and toggle a tarp with the 3rd so you don’t need to attempt finite adjustment of where the tackle loop is verses where the tarp may land between the trees

Love how you’re never afraid to let your techniques evolve, Dave. Thanks.

It is amazing, that this morning a thousand men all over the globe go to their gardens to play with ropes. Great job Dave. Godspeed.

Man I started this video like "How can you improve the ridgeline anymore it's so easy." But honestly I am speachless that is amazing.

Your enthusiasm when explaining the process in this particular video is both infectious and understandable. It’s not every day such a simple change to accepted practices can make such a quality of life improvement.

Who else watched this 100x? Awesome vid Dave

This is why you're the best bushcraft teacher alive today. Thanks Dave.

Your excitement about this is palpable. And I can see why. This might just be the start of a global change in line tensioning. Ridgelines, guylines, washing lines, hell, any line. It's a Eureka moment. I'll certainly be using it from now on. Great work, Dave.

I love this technique, but my favorite part of this video is the excitement and joy on your face while demonstrating. You sir are truly a blessing 🙏

I love the fact that no matter how experienced you are there’s always something new you can learn if you stay vigilant; how many ridge lines have you tied in your life? 10,000? 100,000? And STILL there’s more to learn…

I've been "into" knots for years, first owning a sailboat and then more knots when I started watching bushcraft channels. This is the first time I've seen this! It's amazing. It seems to have all the best properties of a knot: Easy to tie, easy to untie, holds when tied, holds under load, works with different size line, etc. Well done, Dave. Thanks for sharing it.

As a person that moved goods daily by truck and trailer, we used those knots for 30 years. I am 65 and still use them to cynch down things on the truck or trailer. Many other uses in the field as well. Thanks for the reminder

Another thing that is overlooked is the friction involved in these type scenarios. One can actually create enough pressure/friction to cut through (at the least, damage) the surface of the loop being used. A small quick link in the loop creates a smoother surface for the 2:1, enabling quicker/smoother take up of slack, but eliminates the risk of cord damage.

You know, it’s amazing to see how this ridge line has evolved over the last few years. I learned it from the channel when at the fixed end all the cordage was run through the bowline. Also, Dave did a video years ago on putting a figure 8 loop as the fixed loop for the truckers hitch. Then it evolved to using the much faster marline spike hitch on the bowline and the slip knot for the trucker’s hitch loop. Now look at it! This is going to be called the “30 second ridge line” as taught at the Pathfinder School. can’t wait to get out and practice these techniques! Thanks DC! Can’t wait to see what’s next!

And I was just getting to prepare my new Rapid Deployment Ridge Line this afternoon. Thanks Dave. Glad to see your nogin is still in prime working order. Gives faith to the rest of us that ours still works good too!. Well, I still have lost a substantial amount of my creative superpower, all of it if you ask my kids. I can't seem to convince them that wanting to live in the woods, chase little animals, hugs the trees, all of it, is actually the most sane anyone can get!

THIS is why I continue to be a fan. Real applications, actual descriptions, and how to use things. It’s crazy to think people actually think some random chick showing her headlights is a real survivalist.

Beautiful! Wow! The folks down under are genius! I lived in New Zealand for 10 years and was always learning something new in bushcraft after thinking it was backward at first but come to find out it was different and more practical. Dave, I will practice this now. I am glad you are constantly researching new methods of survival and bushcraft but most importantly you bring it back to all of us without making it a big members-only secret. Thanks! You need to do another survival show on your terms now and with your people. I would watch every episode.😊

Dave, this seems so sensible that I'm surprised that it hasn't been common knowledge for years. It seems to be a great technique for speedy ridgeline deployment. Thanks for teaching this to us!

Simply ingenious. I already have 3 prusik loops on my ridgeline. 2 for the tarp and 1 in the middle for a light source. I'll just add a 4th and call it good. I'll be using that setup from now on.

I don't think I've ever seen you that excited. Love it! You can really tell how passionate you are about this stuff. Thanks for sharing! I've learned a ton from you over the past several years.

This is pure genius. Totally deleted the 2 things I had issue with. The popping of the loop and running 5-15 feet of cordage trough twice. Thank You so much for making a more explainatory video on this after your intro short a few days ago.

Well Dave has reinvented the wheel again !

Damn, this is the day I became a Ridgeline-pro. Thanks David!!

I can see how excited you were while explaining this which makes me incredibly excited to go out and put this into practice too. 😊

I've always been a time and motion kind of person. This is just another example, which has been demonstrated to me in multiple fields of work, of when someone who is totally unfamiliar and new to a particular job looks at what someone else/everyone else is doing, and comes up with an entirely new perspective on how to accomplish a task that no one has thought of before. I'm definitely going to incorporate a separate prussik loop in my quick deployment ridgeline for this purpose. Thanks for the video.

Great technique for someone like me who never can pinch as tight as I'd like. Will be practicing this in the backyard before my next outing. Thanks Dave, you are always finding new ways to make it simple.

Thw world is already better with people like you and I....you are a genius.... improving the already improved is only for proactive masters .... doing the already simple extraordinarily better.

You made me so excited. My dad taught me your newly discovered loop to tie down our truck loads. What you can do for loads is you double die your end loop it Avoids it pulling itself out and acts as a secondary tie point. Now each tie point can be individually taught as the rope finds its stretch along the trip (especially new rope) I miss my dad, been just over a year since the Lord took him home. Thanks for this reminder of him. You've got a new subscription. God bless you

Always up for a way to do things more efficiently. I like the prussic idea and the new tie off. Will start practicing this week so I can teach it to my Trail Life boys this weekend.

Excellent! I think this will become the NEW STANDARD! I love it. Played around with it today and WOW! Thank you!! Blessings from Arizona!

Hi Dave, your video got me thinking... I think I can come up with some tweaks. Give me a few days and I'll notify you 😁👊

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Will check that !

I have been using the third prussic loop for a while and use it for so much tbh. A couple keep my organizers from sliding on my hammock ridgeline. It allows me to adjust my food back on a 2 tree bear hang so I am not constantly redoing both anchor points to get the bag centered between the trees. Make a prussic soft/shackle hybrid and you don't even need toggles or s-biners for your tarp tieouts. So many things you can do with the simple prussic. That bite/slippery half hitch but though is clever as hell.

David this is seriously a game changer for people like me whom suffer from arthritis. Being able to use these methods means I can spend more time outdoors with my kids 🥰🥰🥰 Thanks so much, keep up with the innovative ways it means so much 🤩

Incredible stuff this deserves way more likes and views this is ground breaking stuff

I wish there was an Internet and your channel when I was a Webelos leader. Your ingenuity with ropes and the general outdoors would have improved many aspects of the scouting experience. I really like your teaching methodology. This is a great video.

Never seen you smile as much or be so excited over knots. 😂 Too funny. Great new improvement to the ridge line, indeed.

Thank you so much! I'm always looking for ways that I as a small, 67-year-old woman can get out there and do stuff. This is so simple and clear. Can't wait to set up my hammock tarp now.

I love how excited you get while explaining this!

I accidentally discovered this once while using the standard truckers' hitch type ridgeline knot that you've taught for years and have been using it since. Its by far the fastest and easiest method I've used.

Always learning something new, every day I am! Loved this one!

I love how proud he is of his discovery. Well done man. Putzing around opens doors to new discovery.

I am stealing all kinds of stuff from this video. I always use the truckie's hitch with the slipknot to set my ridgeline, but I keep a super long rapid deploy ridgeline cause...well, you never know how far between anchors. But that half sheep shank simplifies having to pull all that excess line through the loop. When you take that sheep shank out, the whole thing just drops. Bundle your tail and bring it back over your line, roll up your cordage. Love it. Pulling the half-hitch loop to tighten the ridge line is brilliant too and avoids having to run the tail through the tackle twice to create an auto-lock when you pull it tight. The only thing I might change is using a lark's head instead of the underhand turn to create that partial sheep shank. I've been a fan of Dave ever since he was on that survival show with Cody. Thanks again Dave!

This is amazing. And you can hear the excitement in your voice. Subscribing to your channel right now

The first "truckers hitch" I learned was the "truckee" you refer to. A guy showed it to me 30+ years ago. I have taught it to many since and have used it much. The loop that you pull through the under hand loop to secure the tackle loop can be left long and then tied in a half hitch around the standing part as a safety if you use this for securing objects for hauling. THE Creme de la Creme of this video is the way you finish...........Absolute Genius! Thanks for sharing! I love your enthusiasm in sharing this with the community. Keep up the good work.

I love how excited you got when you got to the new technique!

Going to be honest with you David...........absolute genius!

I thought I had a perfect ridge line… Now it just got better. 🙏 thank you.

Thanks Mr Canterbury, recently retired and I've been teaching myself and grandson some basic knowledge for taking care of your home. Your videos are very helpful. I hope your family will have a blessed Christmas together.

I’m changing how I tie my knots. I always use the slip knot into the flip knot but it always tightened up when I’d draw down. Not anymore. Thank you. Always evolving.

This has blown my mind, thanks for this because it's going to be a game changer.

I love how happy dave looks in this video after making a major but also only slight improvement on a time tested staple of his teaching. Hard earned knowledge!! To me this has always been the benefit of a taut tarp hitch over a truckers hitch, but I always feel like the truckers gives a smidge more tension. Thanks for sharing this Dave, definitely speedy!

Thanks for explaining the difference between truckies and truckers hitches.

I use this all the time, and I'll be sure to tie it like this in the future. Thanks Dave, for a 100% improved version of it.

I love how excited Dave is explaining this! Great knot and explanation Dave!!

This is brilliant. Pure Craftsmanhip

Dave thank you so much for this. Some reason I've always had issues with the slip knot and putting tension into Ridgeline, but seeing that prusik being used instead is definitely an innovation for me. Being an Aussie we do like the "truckies hitch" and now I look forward to trying out the bite through instead of the full line. Much appreciated and love your continued developments

This is so brilliant and simple. I appreciate the repetition. I’ll be using this in the backwoods with a prusik knot soon!

Just ordered a bunch of gear from your website, happy to be able to support your business! One day I hope to attend one of your classes 💪Greetings from Switzerland - Kevin

Absolutely love your energy Dave, 😍 I absolutely get it, an Aha! moment deserves the enthusiasm and excitement.

Dang dude that was so sick the way he did that whole deal and it all just pulled right out definitely gonna take this to the feild and start training the new style the great advantage is yanking one time to break your camp down and dip in a hurry if needed

I get excited just seeing Dave get excited!

Over the years of deploying ridge lines I have always felt there was easier way but I always got distracted from exploring what that might be. Thanks for taking the time to think it through!

thanks for keeping things simple Dave.

Dave, been a big fan of your work for many years at this point. While I have no problem tying a trucker's hitch, this particular approach is truly a game changer, especially if needed to be applied during distress or harsh conditions, or when possibly wearing gloves. Seconds can matter! Thanks for putting this together. Rock of the Marne!

will do this on my next camp! best teacher ever watched. awesome enthusiasm. those combination are really impressive. can't wait to try it on a real camp.

I discovered this by accident last fall. I just figured it’s been a known technique for quite some time. I keep 4 prusik knots on my ridge line. I’ve just found uses for them over the years. Anyhow, my ridge line was way longer than the span I was trying to cover, and I hate running tons of line through the prusik. I accidentally did exactly what you’re showing. It’s pretty slick. So I kept doing it if my ridgeline was too long for my span.

I've been using that method you just taught everybody I just didn't know how to get on video to show you all that there's so much more like to show you from a lot of folks up Canada. I appreciate you showing everybody and may God bless you with many of blessings to come and they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks I love watching your videos may you have a bunch of blessings and a lot of fun in the field and make sure you stress and tell everybody it's all about the adventure and always supposed to be fun. May God bless you and keep you going good. I would love to see you do a trotline start doing some kind of catfishing. And start catching our food out of the water. Cuz when the real thing happens Walmart's not going to be there people need to start making videos on how to catch fish with the elements in the woods start with some of the Cajun people on there videos and it'll come to you may God bless you my brother

Hi Mr Canterbury, Thank you for this video and clear explanation. I put this to immediate use on this tiedown I'l have been trying to do but just couldn't figure out an easy to understand method. Finally did it thanks to you.

Absolutely incredible! A phenomenal improvement and I love the passion and excitement you have for continuous improvement. Thanks for sharing!

Is there a term for when a dude does something genius even compared to his normal genius level? Dave nailed it twice as hard here. Keep it up, Dave, and we'll start doing Chuck Norris memes about you. Great skill, thank you!

I used to think making hollandaise using the traditional method was the best way. That was until I used a cream whipper. My point is; from one professional to another, it takes a certain level of maturity to try new methods, and to admit when those new methods are objectively better than what you're currently doing. But it's the only way we can continue to learn as we progress through our lives. Thank you for all your hard work.

I've never got so excited about loops in a line, as you did. It's the little things in life that counts . That's the real lesson for today.

I came into this thinking it would be more of the same stuff you usually see. I was so wrong! :'D This is absolutely genius!

The excitement on your face made this even more worthwhile. Stay motivated. 🇺🇸

That's exactly the knot that my dad used for my entire life. I always watched him cause I learn best that way and I know that knot so well I could do it in my sleep. So your idea is an old one, but its the best knot I've ever seen/used to cinch somethin down. Thanx for bringing back some good memories of my pop. We all miss him and his black humor so much.

Usually I don’t catch on too fast on new knots. You explained it so well and repetitively. I actually got it. God bless Dave

Doing it now….genius…quick and solid…new way for the rapid deployment ridgeline ….awesome Dave

Bam. Just like that you learn something new. I like the instalation of the prussic loop. Well done sir.

WOW Dave.Nice. You are a good teacher. I appreciate you.

This is the best trucker's hitch hands down! What a phenomenal technique! Thank you sir!

My man, I just found your page and this knot is GOLD! Thank you for sharing this great idea!

Repeatable, simple, quick, and easy on equipment. Brilliant. This is definitely the very best Ridgeline in this modern era; bravo brother. Keep up the good work, and CC is our favorite of your proteges that we have encountered so far. We are going to have to watch this and practice another dozen times to lock it in. Thank you sir, you are helping America in more ways than you know.

Woodsmanship skills at their best !

Thanks Dave! This will be a blessing for my arthritic thumb!

I will use exactly this coming weekend. Even better when the cord is wet and cold! 👍🏻🔨

Lol! He’s so excited about it! That makes it even cooler!

Brilliantly done sir! You’ve just saved me a ton of headaches.

I love how genuinely exited you clearly were to share this Dave!! Always a pleasure!

You mention that it's a good knot for people with a weak grip, and that weak grip could be an age related issue, or a weather dependent issue, snow, frost, cold and wet etc, making your hands/grip weaker than normal, to ADD to this, when you pull the last loop, to tension the line, it looks easy enough to use a free toggle (small piece of wood) in that loop to help tension the line better. well done I love it, thanks for sharing 👏👏

I'm enjoying the interaction between the different channels, who knew the future of bushcraft education was now?

Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Innovative, clear instruction, friendly and completely non patronising. Top quality.

Dave really has a knack for teaching.

I just keep coming back to this jaw dropping video and continue to be amazed at how simple and fast a ridgeline it is. Innovation and creativity at its best.

I think I stumbled upon this restraint by luck a while back. You've refreshed my memory and are a lifesaver.

Thanks for showing this way of tying a line. Really interesting to watch

Love it Dave! Thanks for slowing down and showing knots better this time! Hope to hit your school this year...

8:04 I really like the overlaid slipper half-hitches. this is a clever and elegant solution. thanks for sharing

I save these videos to my camping videos list and download them to watch in the mountains.

All these years and you are still excited about a ridge line. Amazing lesson.

Such a fantastic improvement !