What's In Your Kit? 02Feb19

I reviewed my daily pack and bike bag today to assure preparedness ~ what's in your pack? Here's my bike seat bag and its contents - it's for use in emergencies to repair the bike. Park bike multi-tool (including chain tool), tire bars, 2 bottles of CO2 and a tire inflator tool, 29er tube, tube patch kit (triple insurance), and an emergency spoke. 1lb 9oz FYI. In rethinking this I sense I need to include chain links & some appropriately sized bolts. Perhaps I need to also include some tire valves and cores.

I also reviewed my primary hiking pack and its normal emergency stuff beyond hydration and coats. It is weird but I take this along with phone, selfie stick, coats and camera on every outing... when I use a different pack, like in winter or when using a larger one for a longer outing, I move this entire kit to the pack intended to be used. 2lbs 12oz including selfie stick and camera mount (w/o camera) FYI. I don't normally have poles but if no one in my party has them either, I will add collapsing poles to the kit.

Main medical kit with paracord, deet, drugs, bandages, neosporin, surgical gloves, whistle & compass (with waterproof matches inside), bailing wire, sunscreen, and lighter. I don't wanna have to get in there. I guess I should consider a wilderness medical guide too. Voz use it recently to fashion a replacement for the loop on his skins which fit over the tip of his skis. Too, I once did not have deet when needed - big mistake.

"The sticks" include a bic pen with duct tape & velcro tape, sharpie, Lifestraw drinking straw, light stick, and zip ties & ranger bands. The straw is useful - I ran out of water on a particularly long hike.

Other gear includes TP, headlamp, emergency poncho, emergency fire starter, bivvy shelter, knife, and pliers/multi-tool & light duty carabiners. 

For food there are energy bars.