You’ll come across scenarios in which many knots or hitches could work. However, in a self-rescue situation, using the right knot or hitch can often make a big difference.

The difference between a knot and a hitch is that a hitch needs something else—e.g., a carabiner or another cord—to exist. If you make both a knot and a hitch in your hand and then drop the material you made them with, the knot will still be intact while the hitch will fall apart.

In this course, we’ll be covering a handful of basic, highly efficient knots and hitches that work in a broad spectrum of scenarios. While t...