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As much as we all like to be prepared at all times, there are sometimes that you simply cannot carry what you would like to. In your day to day life, what do you routinely carry with you for emergencies ON YOU (one scenario is you have your kit in your car with you, you slide off the road on ice, the car is burning and you manage to get out, with just what is in your pockets - okay, this may be a "worst case" but that is what I'm asking about).
For myself, I carry different things depending on what I'm doing and where I'm going...
At work- I'm in BDUs with a flashlight and gerber multitool on my belt, a 3.5" folder in my pocket, 20' of paracord in cargo pocket, lighter, flashlight on keychain, bandaids and razor blade in wallet.
Day to day - multitool on belt, trapper folder in pocket, lighter, flashlight on keychain, bandaids and razor blade in wallet.
Woods (hunting, fishing, hiking) - too much to mention, I don't trust packs enough to depend on them
Dressed up - folder in pocket, leatherman mini tool and flashlight on keychain and razor in wallet.
Airport - flashlight on dog tags, razor and bandaids in wallet (yes, a razor in your wallet gets through, still).
Bear in mind that I'm in a very liberal state and therefore I don't CCW often. If I percieve the need to carry a sidearm, it'd be either a 1911 or a 6 inch .357. I'm not going into what I carry overseas, as I'm positive that either I'm prepared and armed enough (both what Uncle Sam gives me and what I take from the bottom of my safe) or outgunned and the situation is hopeless to begin with.
And before you wonder why the constant flashlight, remember the WTC with lights out in the stairway, a flashlight would have been handy for the survivors then, and is small and innocuous enough for anywhere.
For myself, I carry different things depending on what I'm doing and where I'm going...
At work- I'm in BDUs with a flashlight and gerber multitool on my belt, a 3.5" folder in my pocket, 20' of paracord in cargo pocket, lighter, flashlight on keychain, bandaids and razor blade in wallet.
Day to day - multitool on belt, trapper folder in pocket, lighter, flashlight on keychain, bandaids and razor blade in wallet.
Woods (hunting, fishing, hiking) - too much to mention, I don't trust packs enough to depend on them
Dressed up - folder in pocket, leatherman mini tool and flashlight on keychain and razor in wallet.
Airport - flashlight on dog tags, razor and bandaids in wallet (yes, a razor in your wallet gets through, still).
Bear in mind that I'm in a very liberal state and therefore I don't CCW often. If I percieve the need to carry a sidearm, it'd be either a 1911 or a 6 inch .357. I'm not going into what I carry overseas, as I'm positive that either I'm prepared and armed enough (both what Uncle Sam gives me and what I take from the bottom of my safe) or outgunned and the situation is hopeless to begin with.
And before you wonder why the constant flashlight, remember the WTC with lights out in the stairway, a flashlight would have been handy for the survivors then, and is small and innocuous enough for anywhere.