I suppose it would be mostly practical skills, cooking, fixing things. Usually had to be done by people themselves.
Maybe also mental things like navigating (with or without paper map) and remembering their daily and weekly agendas.
What other things would be a big difference with the people today?
That might be fast, but it doesn’t look very secure… the surgeon’s knot seems better for actually staying up.
It actually holds up perfectly fine. Have been using it for more than 20 years, no issues.
Good to know!