I’m the guy that carries a flashlight. And a Leatherman. And a lot of other stuff.
The more I travel, the more I value preparedness. I spend half of my year away from my home, working or on the road, so I decided to take what I think I might need with me. I guess you could call it a possibles bag, but I don’t have survival stuff in it, and it isn’t designed to get me through 3 days of SHTF situations like a bug out bag. It’s just the things I find myself needing on a regular, or semi-regular, basis. Just this weekend I made a second guitar strap out of a length of 550 cord. Rope! You can always use a good length of rope, so I have a little in my bag. And, it came in really handy. The other stuff is useful on a dark stage, or when you flew in and your tools are still on the bus… etc. So, for the curious, here’s (mostly) what’s in it right now.
1. Sigg water bottle
2. Cliff Bars
3. Whole almonds
4. Tobacco Pipe
5. Pipe Tobacco
6. Matches
7. In-ears
8. Reading glasses
9. Phone charger
10. Spare keys
11. Ear plugs
12. Pens
13. Nail clippers/file
14. Passport
15. Flashlight
16. AA batteries
17. Cigar tin with sewing kit, 550 cord, extra matches, a lighter and a knife sharpener
18. Bandana
19. All Access passes
20. Change
21. Bottle opener
22. Wallet
23. Leatherman
24. Binder clip
25. Laptop sleeve
26. Toothbrush
27. Toothpaste
28. Band-aids
29. Neosporin
30. Advil
Carrying a bag was a bit of a pain at first, but now I couldn’t go back to pockets if I tried. It’s too useful.
