I am in boxers right now, because I am about to hit the rack, but thats besides the point. :)

This is what I normally carry on me, whether I am at work, or just running around.

1 Folding Knife (usually 3-4 inch blade)
1 Lighter
Cell Phone
Plenty of Tinder in my Wallet
1 Can of Cope Whiskey Blend (Sooner or later I'll quit...)

On my belt, thats a different story.

1 M&P Compact .45 ACP w/ Holster
2 Magazines in Pouch
1 Leatherman Surge Multi-Tool

And I usually have a smaller boot knife on me just for good measure. 1 Knife is good... 3 knives are better.

alabamaoutlaw - reminded me of something. I lived in Shreveport, LA for a couple years. In the summer, by 9:30AM it was already 95 degrees and 95% humidity. Just got hotter from there. I got into the routine of walking slowly from air conditioning to air conditioning. We'd also get 6"-15" of rain a day, but that's another story. Then there were the alligators.

Anyway, another guy from our Michigan office visited during the summer. He was a runner - ran every day. He was out running one day and pretty much collapsed along the road. A cop was there instantly. He asked the cop how she got there so fast. The cop said she saw him running and figured he was a Yank. So she had just followed him, figuring it would only be a matter of time. It gets hot up here for spells but many Northerners just can't relate to the heat and humidity down there.

I have a leather man wave, a crkt m21-02 sharpened to a razor edge, a flint and steel, and couple cotton balls. I have my survival knife with and 8 inch blade and a saw on the back on my belt. Make a rope chain or 2 and keep it on your belt.

A yellow handled case two blade trapper,two bic lighters a bandana and usually a pair of string gloves and my wallet.I have an old leatherman i carry in a sheath on my belt.I don't know the name of it all I know is it was one of the first one's made and my wallet.

Not as much as I will carry next season.

A lighter , a knife and some food but not to much to get in the way.

dave.. seriouly...no knife, no lighter in my pocket, come on man.. this is a funny meassge board question.. how many pockets do you have when you go ut to do what ever??? do you wear jeans? ya know? cargo pants? what about having the knife in a sheath.. thats not in my pocket.. and a lighter, naw I want an old pack of matches from the bar! (thats a joke) no Dave.. I carry what I need when I need it, because I plan. Failure to plan... Plan to fail and no matter what you keep in your pocket will help when you when you fail (to plan) do you get it?

So if I have to sleep outside unexpected, well I better be calling my wife or I will need a lot more in my pocket then a lighter and a knife.
oh my knife, Swiss Army. Lighter= check.

a knife and some strike anywhere matches

I keep 3-4 folder, a zippo, bic lighter, tinder in my wallet, 7-8 inch sheath knife on my belt, water purifiers, tums(nothing worse than the runs three miles out in woods) a few packs of doublemint gum and a 12 or 16 ga shotgun never leaves my hand. always have an assortment of ammo too.

not enough now that i give it more thought though i've given consideration to "my packs hung next to me in the stand what if im seperated and cant get it" But on my person I cary my cell phone, small multi tool, flashlight, and skinning knife. more will come next season...

Knife (RAT Folder), Chapstick, baby bic, Keys w/550 cord keychain, wallet, belt. With these Items I feel here in Tn. I could handle a few days if need be. I have these items in my pockets always, when I leave the house.

while hunting I'll have a fixed blade a folder and a lot of times a multi tool on my person. Whats in my pocket varies a lot.

I walk alot when I hunt So I keep my pockets empty I don't like to get rubbed..everything in the pack..pack is always on my back unless I stop to get some grub or tp out

Two knives, a Leatherman, compass (around my neck), an apple, Hershey bar, or jerky, lighter and matches, billfold (tinder), handkerchief, Surefire flashlight and pliers if I am wearing bibs.

MLH
I predict what your saying is,"that the person should not only know, but understand their surroundings, and what their own personal limitations are in any enviroment" ??????????????

or what??????? he did not have a lighter and a knife in his running shorts? (joke)

this is my point and also WHY I posted some photos of me going out of bounds snowboarding. esp. for the "easterner dieing in WY./anotehr daeth in wild.

And as well, MLH, you drive home the main point I tried to make; being, the police officer made a PLAN, and took action.

so if I was going "out" where a cell phone would not work, I would have more then enough for me to not only survive but to get back, no knife or lighter is going to make up for bad decisions or lack of insightful planning.
Oh..would that mean too that a southerner would die in our winters, it just does not get that cold down there.. I would hold the generalizations off until I meet the person mysefl, I do not think anyone is truly aware of what they can do, until they have tried. I have ran down south, yes it sucked, but thats why its called training.

This was in my pockets over the past weekend of day hiking in the Smoky Mountain National Park. My wife was always with me and some of our hiking was off-trail.

- Wallet in back pocket
- Bench-Made folding knife cliped to the inside of a hip pocket
- Package of chewing gum

On my head was a wide-brimed hat. Around my neck was a whistle. On my wrist, instead of a watch, was my Garmin GPS. In my hand was my stout walking stick.

Everything else was in my day pack...

cellphone. or if I was going remote...sat phone.

That is an inapropriate question...