The Bear Essentials

The Bear Essentials

Outdoor Tips, Tutorials and Quality Gear.
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My Name is DJ and the channel is all about the Outdoors and Teaching With Nature.

A bit about me:
✔ Avid Outdoorsman and Survivalist
✔ Full Time Firefighter
✔ Professional Fishing Guide - Yukon Territory (Former)
✔ Master Saw Craftsman (I craft handmade Collapsible Bucksaws and Quality Camping Gear!)

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  • @arnoldxd
    @arnoldxd7 минут бұрын

    Yall get too creative with ropes you kinky mofos xD

  • @imjca63
    @imjca6317 минут бұрын

    Great vids, foraging pouch brand?

  • @TheBearEssentials
    @TheBearEssentials7 минут бұрын

    Bear Essentials! I make them myself :)

  • @denisrho1019
    @denisrho101943 минут бұрын

    Great move (to get back in the canoe) ! Once, like you in a lake by the beach, I did practice my recovery technique... Eventually, after numerous attempts without success I decided to bring the canoe at the shoreline !! My excuse: my canoe was made of aluminium, thus the floating line was to high, thus I was never able to push/pull myself high enough to grab the inside bars and bring my body inside. Final comment: always have a rope attached to the canoe this way you can always grab it an pull the canoe as you are swimming. By the way, people, who were relaxing on the beach, were watching me trying and trying... they thanks me for the lesson. So, I thank you for the lesson. Next summer I will try your approach with a fibreglass canoe.

  • @babysealavenger
    @babysealavenger56 минут бұрын

    lol at bailing water with the pouch. Here let me help with this dixie cup too.

  • @superduckybro
    @superduckybroСағат бұрын

    As a side sleeper hammocks have never bothered me. I still love sleeping in them.

  • @ismaelgarcia-alvarez2247
    @ismaelgarcia-alvarez2247Сағат бұрын

    No one wants any one to mess with thier booty

  • @leomonk974
    @leomonk974Сағат бұрын

    I’m a frayed knot

  • @ADHDhandcrafts
    @ADHDhandcrafts2 сағат бұрын

    Nice! Man if your channel didn't have bear in the name I'd totally call it the gorilla grip hitch for the memes. 😂

  • @AnAmericanComposer
    @AnAmericanComposer3 сағат бұрын

    Serious question, would a tourniquet be a good use-case for a knot like this? Say there is severe bleeding on someone's arm.

  • @danielthompson2299
    @danielthompson22993 сағат бұрын

    Jesus… its called a Square knot

  • @samlouangrath
    @samlouangrath3 сағат бұрын

    I will definitely know of someone was in my booty

  • @biginfo7386
    @biginfo73864 сағат бұрын

    This video was made by mature adults.

  • @BrussoCanada
    @BrussoCanada5 сағат бұрын

    I know absolutely nothing about knots. This video came up in my feed and not only is your presentation style extremely watchable, but your ingenuity and passion is infectious. Congratulations. Fantastic work.

  • @TheBearEssentials
    @TheBearEssentials4 сағат бұрын

    Wow, Bruce thank you so much my friend. That’s very nice of you to write! I can’t reply to everyone’s comments on here but I try to do a couple per day. This one gave me a big smile, grateful it popped up for me. Thank you!

  • @El_Fling
    @El_Fling5 сағат бұрын

    "This is not a not"

  • @benjamindbailey
    @benjamindbailey5 сағат бұрын

    Very cool but the dramatic orchestral music while you are explaining a knot is extremely distracting. Please consider de-hollywooding the next tutorial so it’s easier to focus. Cool knot, interested in giving it a try.

  • @TheBearEssentials
    @TheBearEssentials4 сағат бұрын

    Sweet, yeah I mean, each person has their own preference for sure! Next one (tomorrow) has some nice relaxing music, you better watch it 🤣

  • @benjamindbailey
    @benjamindbailey2 сағат бұрын

    @@TheBearEssentials I will! The music had better put me to sleep. 😅

  • @TheBearEssentials
    @TheBearEssentialsСағат бұрын

    @@benjamindbailey If your not dreaming of a bear essentials video by the end of it then my work is a complete failure 😆

  • @annieelle7501
    @annieelle75016 сағат бұрын

    I've climbed so many times before but just a rope tied to my belt loop (ignorance, I tried with what I knew at the time 🥴) but I see the multiple disclaimers to not use this to knot repel but if you needed to move around with it could the following be possible- Wrapping a rope around ones waist with another to a carabineer which is connected to the Bears knot allowing one to be free to move around if need be & the rope still be kept taut right? I dunno, I'm still learning

  • @tylerfindlay7516
    @tylerfindlay75166 сағат бұрын

    Imma just use real elvish rope

  • @JackSaylor-sy6ov
    @JackSaylor-sy6ov7 сағат бұрын

    Awesome

  • @cae7514
    @cae75147 сағат бұрын

    Your knot caught my attention so much that I'm going to study some types of knots for a project, if I make progress I'll let you know!

  • @adampindell
    @adampindell7 сағат бұрын

    Great job man! Excellent improvement!

  • @SteveEh
    @SteveEh7 сағат бұрын

    This is so cool. Practiced it a few times and then taught a guy I work with how to. Very cool!

  • @ethandenton3393
    @ethandenton33937 сағат бұрын

    So, how much load can that hook handle?

  • @TheSadDuck
    @TheSadDuck7 сағат бұрын

    Uhh. It's called thief knot bc it slips, and can come undone just by tugging. If it's named for both of these.... That's surprising.

  • @christopherm.2001
    @christopherm.20018 сағат бұрын

    Cool not $12 back pack $50 Drop that load with a jerk, PRICELESS😊

  • @E1nsty
    @E1nsty8 сағат бұрын

    A new knot, I never thought it possible.

  • @lord-fishv7355
    @lord-fishv73558 сағат бұрын

    you now no longer need to jump off a chair to get the outcome you are looking for as it does that for you.

  • @ryanmac3134
    @ryanmac31348 сағат бұрын

    Came… for the comments. Was not disappointed.

  • @brynzlo
    @brynzlo9 сағат бұрын

    Seriously cool! Thanks for sharing it with the world

  • @nortomdexul
    @nortomdexul9 сағат бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this. I'll try next time I need one of these.

  • @mikemcchesney2555
    @mikemcchesney25559 сағат бұрын

    Its funny that I invented that same knot every time I take out an extension cord or Christmas Lights! LOL

  • @EAGLEYES112
    @EAGLEYES1129 сағат бұрын

    Cavemen must have invented many of the knots to kill time.

  • @nocturnalverse5739
    @nocturnalverse573910 сағат бұрын

    Surely he's not the first one to think of this. Surely?

  • @3rDimensional
    @3rDimensional7 минут бұрын

    thats why he said first documented 🤯🤯🤯

  • @masturbates
    @masturbates10 сағат бұрын

    If you're knot jerking around, you're missing out friend!

  • @mrchiefbs
    @mrchiefbs10 сағат бұрын

    What hatchet are you carrying ?

  • @mydogbrian4814
    @mydogbrian481411 сағат бұрын

    👉 Knot theory...

  • @insertoyouroemail
    @insertoyouroemail11 сағат бұрын

    I don't know anything about ropes but isn't the safest and simplest version just a rope shaped like a U where you hold onto both ends? Just let go of one end and pull the rope.

  • @TheBearEssentials
    @TheBearEssentials10 сағат бұрын

    Ya! You’re right, but that only will work when your rope is 2x the length of the drop. If it’s even a bit shorter than that, you can’t use the U method

  • @insertoyouroemail
    @insertoyouroemail10 сағат бұрын

    @@TheBearEssentials That trade-of is present in all your methods except the degree is different. (haha Sorry I'm a software developer and I argue with people about technicalities like this daily 😄)

  • @BrickEngines
    @BrickEngines11 сағат бұрын

    This is absolutely a genius knot

  • @WingNutMike
    @WingNutMike11 сағат бұрын

    Hey DJ, I'm a fellow knot nut. Great video! I'd like to add that you can slip the constrictor knot as well so that you don't have to cut it to remove it. In my experience, this doesn't compromise the knot's security.

  • @matthewsmith-ld2ub
    @matthewsmith-ld2ub12 сағат бұрын

    This is awesome. Can't wait to try it at work

  • @Night_Hawk_475
    @Night_Hawk_47514 сағат бұрын

    I wonder if you could make a kamikaze knot version from 1 rope, but with the knot in the middle of the rope, and both ends going downward, one very secure to bear the weight being dropped, and the other remaining slack until you get to the bottom and give it a tug to release the whole thing. (whether the middle actually drops straight down or whether the rope needs to be "pullied" around whatever it was tied to at that point with one of the ends going back up before it's fully retrieved - shouldn't matter thaaaat much). I feel like this would be the idea solution for repelling. (still wouldn't use recreationally, but in a survival situation at least - so long as you don't need the extra length or have a longer rope... heck two ropes could even be tied together securely to make one retrievable rope like this). The main benefit just being that the releasing action no longer involves the same rope that the weight is being lowered on, so as you repelled (which naturally can jerk the rope easily) you're no longer risking unknotting it. So long as the slack rope remains slack it's all good. I know there's a knot out there that's kinda the opposite of this, using 2-ish ropes to lower an open "claw-esq" thing down (a loop and a thing to hitch it with). It's a knot that I've seen used as a demo for something like retrieving keys from a storm drain, where you lower it in and get it in position with one thicker rope, then "close" it around the object to be lifted with a second rope. So what I'm suggesting here is kiiiinda the opposite of that - though I imagine the actual knot itself would look very different.

  • @TheBearEssentials
    @TheBearEssentials10 сағат бұрын

    Yes you absolutely can, there are many like this. However this requires a rope that is 2x the length of the drop. These kamikaze knots are for when you don’t have that

  • @Night_Hawk_475
    @Night_Hawk_4754 сағат бұрын

    @@TheBearEssentials That makes more sense, thanks for the answer! :)

  • @axtro8001
    @axtro800115 сағат бұрын

    This cant be used for repelling down hills because it needs a lot of slack to get loose, so its almost impossible to shake the line enough

  • @Baerschi100
    @Baerschi10017 сағат бұрын

    Roll them lemons before you cut em. It's not just for the juice. The pulp loosens from the shell. It's delicious. Just eat it or throw it in a salad. And even if you press out the juice, eat the remaining pulp.

  • @williamdowling7718
    @williamdowling771817 сағат бұрын

    Casually doing complex topology for fun. No big deal.

  • @williamsveen2827
    @williamsveen282718 сағат бұрын

    Free speech doesn't end if you don't like it.

  • @tylerjames1716
    @tylerjames171618 сағат бұрын

    Who gives a shit

  • @someone._.5333
    @someone._.533318 сағат бұрын

    Man, during scout camps I remember using this frequently when making tents, constructing towers, medic, so useful!

  • @WhackBytch256
    @WhackBytch25618 сағат бұрын

    Oh no! Someone was in my booty! How do you know? It hurts and is bleeding a little.

  • @WhackBytch256
    @WhackBytch25618 сағат бұрын

    RIIIIGHT… I’ll keep track of how it’s tied, instead of know how much of what’s inside, or even keeping it secure on my person 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @hector84
    @hector8419 сағат бұрын

    If you can't feel someone in your booty then your o ring might be blown out 😂

  • @gEtar87
    @gEtar8720 сағат бұрын

    My baitcaster is full of em!