whats in your EDC and why ( fun post) part: 1

This is what I have on my person:

Spyderco Sage 3 CF on weekdays and Spyderco Paramilitary 2 on weekends - to cut things.
Victorinox Classic - for the scissors, screwdriver, toothpick and to cut things in front of sheeple.
American Optical Polarized Pilot or Oakley Inmates sunglasses - for the sunny days.
Cash - to buy things.
Wallet - for the credit cards to buy things when I run out of cash or online.
Maratac AAA LED light w/ Chapstick cap - for when I want to see in the dark.
Casio G-Shock - for telling time.
Samsung Galaxy S4 - for texting/calling people, Google Maps/Nav, ScoreCenter, surfing, Fruit Ninja.
Paracord bracelet - for tying things up.
Car fob/keys - to start my car(s)
...and sometimes I may carry a Leatherman Juice S4 - for, you know, the tools.

The rest is in my Maxpedition Falcon 2 backpack but I do not have that with me at ALL times... most but not all. This includes more lights (Nitecore EA4, Jetbeam RRT-0, Surefire G2 LED), more knives (another Paramilitary 2, ESEE/Rat RC4, ESEE/RAT Izula), Leatherman Wave, med kit, 100' of paracord, jacket, batteries/batterypack, etc.
 
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Cereal_killer said:
Not at all, I have legit omega pacific gear but I also carry enough paracord and load rated equipment I could get myself and my family down a 100' face / 10story building and do it safely. My emergency / B.O.B. bag stuff isn't luxary, or even the best of its type, its a compromise between getting the job done and light weight/space savings so I can carry the most stuff possible.

If I'm going climbin I'm grabbing my climbing gear, when I'm doing every day stuff I carry my go-bag gear.



That's exactly why I carry the one I do, its not the cheap little typical $2 keychain with zero load holding capability, I use an agricultural load rated one as my keychain just so I have it in any situation.
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I guess we have a different definition of "safely" :confused: I understand that it can offer some extra peace of mind, and I hope you'll never have to use your equipment in a worst case scenario.
 
bpeezer said:
I guess we have a different definition of "safely" :confused: I understand that it can offer some extra peace of mind, and I hope you'll never have to use your equipment in a worst case scenario.
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Safely to me is survival, I (my family) will never need to test, even for fun, its for absolute worst case- a building is on fire, there are zero other exits but out a window and straight down and no help is coming. What would you do, watch your family die because you only had some cordage and a few small pieces of equipment? Didnt think so.

Again if I'm leavin the house to go climb, be it a rock wall, a building, a cliff, a tree to work in, I'm taking my climbing gear. Survival gear is for the specific job of saving lives in absolute worst-case scenarios, now I understand my families lives arnt as important to you as they are to me, but I would go to any length to save them, that includes taking calculated risks... I don't have my own rescue squad to follow me around and carry all my crap, had I you can bet I would carry tons more gear.

Think about it like this, climbing gear to do the job would take a full size pack stuffed full, I'm 50 times more likely to need my medical gear than ropes so the space in my bag is much better used on medical gear and I shove whatever else I can fit around it in for the unplanned emergency.
 
Cereal_killer said:
Safely to me is survival, I (my family) will never need to test, even for fun, its for absolute worst case- a building is on fire, there are zero other exits but out a window and straight down and no help is coming. What would you do, watch your family die because you only had some cordage and a few small pieces of equipment? Didnt think so.

Again if I'm leavin the house to go climb, be it a rock wall, a building, a cliff, a tree to work in, I'm taking my climbing gear. Survival gear is for the specific job of saving lives in absolute worst-case scenarios, now I understand my families lives arnt as important to you as they are to me, but I would go to any length to save them, that includes taking calculated risks... I don't have my own rescue squad to follow me around and carry all my crap, had I you can bet I would carry tons more gear.

Think about it like this, climbing gear to do the job would take a full size pack stuffed full, I'm 50 times more likely to need my medical gear than ropes so the space in my bag is much better used on medical gear and I shove whatever else I can fit around it in for the unplanned emergency.
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I don't have a family of my own to take care of, I'm sorry I can't understand your situation. I still hope you never have to use your worst case scenario gear :)
 
Knives, BM940/Spyderco Sage 1. larger blades that carry light.
Light, 5.11 atac PX....nice and bright that carries like a pen, very lightweight.
 
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