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This is indeed a post about my backpack, and I want you guys to help me decide what I should add
The backpack itself:
[url]http://i.imgur.com/1QAK0Ju.jpg[/url]
Has two 24kn (climbing strength) carabiners attached to straps.
[b]School:[/b]
Notebook
Sketchbook
Various pens/pencils
TI-84 Plus
iPhone charging cable
8GB flashdrive
About $1.50 in spare change
[b]General equipment:[/b]
Small Leatherman multitool
Gerber paraframe folding knife
Winchester hunting knife
Spyderco whetstone
Maglite LED flashlight with SOS signal modes
3 12hr glow sticks
Plastic shopping bag
15 meters of 226kg test paracord.
Fingerless leather climbing gloves
Waterproof matches
Strike anywhere matches (sealed in cylinder)
Tinderbox (contains birch bark strips)
Cigarette lighter
Padlock and two keys
Wooly beanie
Spare Boxer briefs
[b]Health and Hygiene:[/b]
A 750ml stainless steel water bottle (not pictured)
Large first aid kit contains the essentials, small first aid kit contains support items like iodine water purification tablets, liquid bandage for blisters, shock blankets, etc.
SPF 50 sunscreen stick (I’m very pale and Welsh for someone who is legally Native American)
Advil
Tums and Gas-X (for treating burrito overdoses)
Nicotine gum for nerves (actually haven’t used it yet, but if I’m with someone who needs a smoke I imagine they’ll be eternally grateful)
Lots of diphenhydramine (Benadryl), dual purpose as a sleep aid for stressed people
Hand sanitizer packets
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Gum
Coffee zarfs >.>
Clif bars!
That’s pretty much it. On my wish list is a foldable solar panel for my phone, and an epinephrine auto-injector (in case one of my allergic friends gets stung by an insect).
What do you guys suggest I add to it? Bear in mind I have to be able to carry this everywhere, school, government buildings, etc. I occasionally remove the hunting knife for that reason.
P.S. I’m not really a “prepper” I go hiking fairly often, and really do use most of the stuff in it, I don’t just go throwing anything in there.
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Wouldn't hurt to strap a gator tooth machete on the side of your pack. Any maybe another knife or two. Waterproof casings are pretty handy as well. And backup batteries for anything you have that might need them, especially your flashlight. And it wouldn't hurt to have a spare one or even a brighter one.