Crossing a Frozen Body of Water
10 OUTSIDE-THE-BOX PARACORD USES
PREFACE
Although I grew up hunting, fishing, and camping, it was only about fifteen years ago when I first started learning about the wonders of paracord and its many outdoor applications. Paracord is extremely versatile, easy to work with, and affordable. It comes in almost any color or pattern design you could want. I used it to make bracelets, lanyards, dog leashes, dog collars, monkey fists, water bottle holders, slings, belts—the list goes on. At one point, I was making so many things out of paracord that I had almost 20,000 feet (more than 6,000 meters) of it stored in my basement. That’s when I decided I had made enough projects for myself!
In the following chapters, I discuss how to use paracord in two ways. First, I give a walkthrough of how to make functional