"What has it got in its pocketses?"
I thoroughly enjoyed Blair MacGregor's recent LJ post about camping, weapons, and mindfulness. (It's really good! You should read it!)
http://blairmacg.livejournal.com/155760.html?view=782704#t782704
Anyway, since the main text of the post was a discussion of "items carried, and why they made it onto the packing list," it got me thinking about the "miscellaneous stuff" that I drag around with me. More specifically, I have a key ring without keys on it -- a keychain backup kit, if you will, of things I like having readily accessible. The big restriction of this kit, of course, is that everything has to get through TSA screening (a much larger topic, perhaps appropriate for some future Day of Ranting).
The bonus fire widget (a simple steel-rod-and-magnesium-scraper set) doesn't travel on the keychain, but it goes everywhere the rest of the stuff goes, so it gets screen time too:
And, the ever-popular Keychain-o-Stuff:
In no particular order -- a wee compass (I think it started life as an REI zipper-pull item but it's done some serious traveling since then); a metal whistle (REALLY loud!); a key-shaped multitool (with teeny cross-tip & flat-blade screwdrivers, bottle opener, and plastic-cutter); two little canisters (one for a rolled-up dollar bill, one for a 3-day supply of prescription meds); a stubby Sharpie (for use as a skin marker); a Fisher pen (for writing on sticks of butter while underwater in zero-G); an unused 20G thumb drive (for when the data must be transferred but the wireless is down); and a little gold-and-onyx north-star pendant (to remind me to look up occasionally, and at least TRY to keep moving in the right direction).
What else would fit in (& still allow me to traverse TSA screening un-hassled)? Your insights and suggestions are very much appreciated!
http://blairmacg.livejournal.com/155760.html?view=782704#t782704
Anyway, since the main text of the post was a discussion of "items carried, and why they made it onto the packing list," it got me thinking about the "miscellaneous stuff" that I drag around with me. More specifically, I have a key ring without keys on it -- a keychain backup kit, if you will, of things I like having readily accessible. The big restriction of this kit, of course, is that everything has to get through TSA screening (a much larger topic, perhaps appropriate for some future Day of Ranting).
The bonus fire widget (a simple steel-rod-and-magnesium-scraper set) doesn't travel on the keychain, but it goes everywhere the rest of the stuff goes, so it gets screen time too:
And, the ever-popular Keychain-o-Stuff:
In no particular order -- a wee compass (I think it started life as an REI zipper-pull item but it's done some serious traveling since then); a metal whistle (REALLY loud!); a key-shaped multitool (with teeny cross-tip & flat-blade screwdrivers, bottle opener, and plastic-cutter); two little canisters (one for a rolled-up dollar bill, one for a 3-day supply of prescription meds); a stubby Sharpie (for use as a skin marker); a Fisher pen (for writing on sticks of butter while underwater in zero-G); an unused 20G thumb drive (for when the data must be transferred but the wireless is down); and a little gold-and-onyx north-star pendant (to remind me to look up occasionally, and at least TRY to keep moving in the right direction).
What else would fit in (& still allow me to traverse TSA screening un-hassled)? Your insights and suggestions are very much appreciated!