2) What things would you carry with you all the time in order to be prepared for all eventualities? Remember you can only bring as much as you can reasonably carry on a daily basis...
1) Always: Waterproof backpack, a book to read, a 1L bottle of water, pens & pencils. Wallet (chained to my jeans 'cause I forget it otherwise) with the usual stuff, including 2 photo IDs. Keys D-clipped to either wallet or jeans. Usually: Textbooks for one or more classes, a laptop. Stashed where I'll have access to them most of the time: Tea making stuff, cans of soup.
2) The stuff listed under "Always", plus the lightest of my laptops, a sleeping bag, a change of clothes (doubles as a pillow), a jacket appropriate to climate & time of year. Trail mix and/or jerky. Dental hygene stuff, plus my retainer. Battery-free flashlight (http://www.nightstarflashlight.com/customer/home.php). And my martial arts forms manual, if I expected to be out for any length of time.
..Or did "all eventualities" not include urban campground scenarios?
The backpack by default contains random useful stuff like parcetamol, plastic bags, hand moisturiser, etc.
Under 'all eventualities' belongs any medications I might be taking at the time, feminine hygene supplies, a hairbrush, a miniature sewing kit, a notepad, a small sketchpad (notepad-sized but non-ruled paper), an aluminium mess kit (yay for having camping gear lying around), a small bottle of isopropyl, water sterilisation tablets, and a lighter. Maybe a waterproof container of baking soda, depending on how long I expected to be needing stuff under the 'all eventualities' header.
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Date: 2007-03-08 08:26 pm (UTC)Usually: Textbooks for one or more classes, a laptop.
Stashed where I'll have access to them most of the time: Tea making stuff, cans of soup.
2) The stuff listed under "Always", plus the lightest of my laptops, a sleeping bag, a change of clothes (doubles as a pillow), a jacket appropriate to climate & time of year. Trail mix and/or jerky. Dental hygene stuff, plus my retainer. Battery-free flashlight (http://www.nightstarflashlight.com/customer/home.php). And my martial arts forms manual, if I expected to be out for any length of time.
..Or did "all eventualities" not include urban campground scenarios?
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Date: 2007-03-08 08:45 pm (UTC)The backpack by default contains random useful stuff like parcetamol, plastic bags, hand moisturiser, etc.
Under 'all eventualities' belongs any medications I might be taking at the time, feminine hygene supplies, a hairbrush, a miniature sewing kit, a notepad, a small sketchpad (notepad-sized but non-ruled paper), an aluminium mess kit (yay for having camping gear lying around), a small bottle of isopropyl, water sterilisation tablets, and a lighter. Maybe a waterproof container of baking soda, depending on how long I expected to be needing stuff under the 'all eventualities' header.