What do you have with you *right* *now*?

Khannie

It's 10.30am on a Tuesday. As an exercise assume immediate and total collapse of infrastructure. The reason's not important. What have you got on your person (or within 3 metres of you) right this minute that might help you get where you want to go?


On my person / in my backpack:
backpack
crappy emergency poncho
2 small packets of jellies (these are my "emergency jellies" and I have been damned glad of them in the past when cycling)
Spork
2 pens
Gumshield (a good one)
Swiss army knife
Bicycle pump
Baseball cap
Phone (still useful for GPS and compass even with total infrastructure failure)
Nook e-reader
Rennies

These are within 3 metres of me:
Nuts and raisins to the tune of about 800 calories
Fruit to the tune of about 500 calories
Bottle of water
Vitamin C tablets


Could be worse. Made me think though. Needs a lighter, caffeine tablet(s) (I have some of these at home anyway as they're useful for sports performance), some painkillers and warm clothes too. Open to suggestion on other things.

aaakev

I wear a shirt and tie to work so all i have now is my leatherman surge on my belt...

In the van i have my boots, combats, teeshirt, fleese and light pacable gortex jacket. In my 25l bag iv got nature ally bars x2, maximuscle protien meal bars x2, bag of mixed nuts from lidl(eat these every day so there is more in the van too) approx 250g oats in ziplock bag, coffee and sugar, 2ltr water(2 more 2ltr bottles in the van which i drink daily that i could take if needs be), steel cup, hexi cooker and tabs, fire steel, lighter, dryer lint(tinder) paracord 2x 10m and a 3x3m tarp.

Its not much but its all very light and fits into my small bag apart from the clothes but im gettin changed if anything happenes anyway!!

If i had to walk the 45k home id do it in less than a day

Edit; forgot my torch!! I replaced my led lenser p7 with the smaller p3 for this bag just to save space, cant go wrong for €17! Few spare batterys shoved into its holder too

aaakev

Khannie whats the gumshield for? Ya plannin on boxin heads on the way home and still lookin pretty when ya get there??

Danpad

Backpack: Wind up torch/radio 2xmulti tools hammer, 2xlighters, 40ft rope, 50m paracord, baseball cap, beanie hat, 4 man tent lashed to bottom of back pack, fire steel, biolite stove, 2 x packets of powdered mash, salt, 5 x noodles, cup a soups, tub of sweets.

Car: another back pack containing the same as above + multiple car tools, ropes and stashed water.
Within 3 metres - huge bowl of fruit, several large packets of nuts and lots of kefir grains which I'd also grab cos they're a great medicinal yoke to have.

aaakev

Why the 4 man tent? Have you got a few people with you? Sounds heavy! I was looking for a small tent but decided on the tarp instead for the light weight and because it fits in my bag and you wouldnt know it was there

ShadowFox

On my person
left pocket
Victorinox camper
Led lenser p2
Right hand pocket
About €10 in coin
Back pocket left
empty
Back pocket right
Wallet about €50 in small bills
Victoinox card
bank cards usual crap
Backpack
Emergency poncho
Led lenser M5
spare batteries
Lighter
Ecig + refills
Small first aid kit
20 cigarettes (just in case)
Emergency blanket
Large folding knife
Mp3 player
Breakfast bars
1lt water
Cold steel walking stick in my hand

Khannie

aaakev wrote: »

Khannie whats the gumshield for? Ya plannin on boxin heads on the way home and still lookin pretty when ya get there??

Haha.

Its primary purpose was in case I was training (was training 5 days a week up until October last year) and also in case I was ever asked to jump in for a fight on short notice. It's been in the backpack now every day for a good 5 years.

The backup purpose was in case I ever saw a row coming that I definitely could not avoid (or chose not to :pac:). I like my teeth. It's one of the custom fit Irish flag ones, done by a dentist, so it's pretty decent.

It also has my phone number on the cover, which was dead handy when I left my bag on the train. The lad from Irish rail was able to ring me (fair play to him).

Danpad

aaakev wrote: »

Why the 4 man tent? Have you got a few people with you? Sounds heavy! I was looking for a small tent but decided on the tarp instead for the light weight and because it fits in my bag and you wouldnt know it was there

It has been lashed to my backpack for a couple of years now! The whole bundle sits under the stairs and every now and then I unstrap the tent and check it out. Weight wise it's not too bad but function wise it's superb. It just lives on my backpack now so I figure -why disturb it? Also, if we had to evac right now, at least we'd have a bit of shelter for the missiz and kiddlywinks.

ShadowFox

If i was in work id have
Left pocket
Victorinox camper
Led Lenser p2
Left leg pocket
Kevlar gloves
Right pocket
Coin
Right leg pocket
Leatherman multi tool
Ecig + refills
Belt
20 Cigarettes
Work phone
Lighter
3 D Cell Maglite
Radio
Poncho
Dry bag for phones
First aid kit
Latex gloves
Led lenser P7
1lt of water
Personal Phone
Kevlar vest
Bump cap
T shirt in this weather

mattjack

Hi folks , I kinda lurk around these type of threads , interesting topics discussed...anyway I was given an old German army poncho a while ago , when opened up its about 8ft by 5ft approx ...

It has guide holes for ropes and can clip together with another poncho to make a pretty large tent , it would even act as a one man tent .

It seems to be made of a heavy rubber type material and without doubt is water proof.

Happy survivalism.

Tabnabs

On my person, very little, in this high temps I've ditched my jacket that usually has useful bits and bobs. But by me between my desk and my work locker;

A victorinox knife, button compass (put there to remind me to do a mini review as promised...), roll of ducktape, a box of granola bars, good quality rain gear, walking shoes, rope (bigger than parachord) and a tesco bargain torch. We have about a dozen full ballygowen water cooler bottles, so plenty to stock up on before you had to get home. In this weather, I also have a sun hat, sunglasses and there's a bottle of suncream for staff use. I'd potentially take one of the first aid boxes from the office as well in it was real SHTF stuff.

Actually there's probably a lot of stuff I could pilfer around the office, I must invest in an empty bag to supplement my GHB in the car Something like this

aaakev

Afyer replying earlier i had a feeling i was forgetting something so i emptied out my bag when i got home and i am missimg baby wipes! I never use to leave home without them but since i used the last of the ones i had in the bag i forgot to replace them.... Woops

ScottStorm

Pockets:
Nexus 4 phone,
Mipow power tube (usb battery),
Car + house keys with €50 in attached pill holder,
Wallet,
Victorinox handyman

Bag:
Ductape
Small binoculars,
Gerber Knife sharpener,
Cable ties,
Sas pocket survival guide,
Small 8 led torch,
First aid kit,
Kindle,
Laptop + charger,
Beanie hat,
Paracord,
Grip trainer,
Padlock,
Small bicycle tool with Allen keys, philips + flathead screwdrivers,
2 packets of noodles,
1 can of chicken curry,
2 green tea bags.


My car is about 20m away and has plenty of useful items inside.

Interestingly my phone tried to exchange paracord for paranoid, two sides of the same coin?

Crazyivan 1979

in work so as follows:

On my person:

very little - wallet, phone, keys.

Within 3 meters:

about 2 liters of water
lots of duct tape
various gas detection tubes (pumped and passive)
Flue gas analyser
high vis jacket and pants
bottle of sulfuric acid (98%)
organic vapour and acid cartridge respirators
safety boots
hard hat

In van 10 meters away:

Various tools (spanners, wrenches etc)
water sampling pump
air pumps
groundwater samplers
flame retardant overall
leatherman kick
led torches
welding gloves

all my other outdoor/ survival gear is at home (40km away)

syklops

In work so on my person I have

Leatherman Blast
small LED torch
laser pointer
small fold up pliers
HTC One
keys with bottle opener

In bag:
Lots of pens
skystar2 Digital satellite receiver
Alfa wireless dongle
Cupa soup Barscht flavour
Laptop charger
Baby wipes
Raspberry Pi
Kindle

On desk:
Soldering Iron
Multi-meter
wide assortment of development boards, breadboards, wires, components
Ubertooth One
spare smart phone
DC motors
pain killers
gaviscon
Chai latte mix(just add water)
1 litre water
wide array of screwdrivers
Random assortment of network cables and components.
electrical tape


In the context of a major emergency things could be a lot better. Must get some unpublishable food into work. If there was some kind of major event, I think I'd rather stay in the office rather than go home. Its an engineering building so a lot of materials, one could use to build things.

Doc Ruby

On me at this moment, a collection of dog hairs on my clothes plus keyring which has

maglite solitaire
peanut lighter*
mini firesteel
small pen knife (scissors, knife, file, toothpick, tweezers)
keys

Within 3m of me, every damn thing.

* important note about the peanut - it DOES NOT WORK with anything but zippo lighter fluid, in my experience. Also you need to drill out the wick mouth if you want to have a prayer of replacing the wick. I might drill it out a bit more to see does it work with other fluids.

CamperMan

on my person, nothing but the clothes I am wearing.. within 3 metres, cash, knife, mobile phone, van keys..

and in the van there is plenty of survival stuff.. :-)

nuub

At that time I would have ...

My Wenger Ranger Grip ( I am trialing it as an EDC at the moment )

My Wallet which has a mini first aid kit .

Keys ( fire steel , Paracord lanyard , Money in a pill container , plastic bag in a pouch and vinyl gloves in a pouch)

3 mtrs away...

I have my 72 hour water bag fully stocked for winter ( its the waterproof snickers lad )

In the car...

I have my 24 hour bag full of the usual trinkets of paranoia

harmoniums

On my person:

Phone
lighter
pepperspray
SwissTool
Benchmade locking folder
Riggers belt.

In the desk:
Benadyl
Adderal
Vicodin

In the car
Flashlights
Small tool set
Blankets
2 gallons of water
Extra spectacles
4 MREs
A pew pew thing that's heavily controlled in Ireland but is OK in my jurisdiction (USA)

syklops

harmoniums wrote: »

A pew pew thing that's heavily controlled in Ireland but is OK in my jurisdiction (USA)

You are so lucky!