(2 rpt in shoes & rope) Plastic rope can be used for shoes laces, insuring you to have at all times a rope for many usages, tying up whatever you want, from hooks to bones to tent etc, as fishing line or as snares etc. Beside burning and giving a high heat, the rope does not rot and it can be unravelled to make longer rope as need comes along. So make sure you have it with you, in your survival kit and specially replacing your normal hiking boot laces, use a yellow colour one so that it can also be used as markers on a trail.