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How the he$$%#% do you manage your lanyard kit
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Oct 6, 2012 at 2:38 pm #1918727
Ive said several times that moderation is a good thing when it comes to emergency gear. We don't want to end up with "flav" in our trail name ;)
Imagine Flav after a trip to the REI gadget counter!
Oct 8, 2012 at 2:53 pm #1919273i think of a "lanyard kit" being just for redundancy or emergency. if you expect to really be using a knife, or compass, or flashlight, you'd be carrying full size versions of those things anyway. my kit is just a keychain light, utili-key knife, and firesteel. a pen housing holds some vasaline soaked cotton and keeps a thin firesteel from snapping in half. it's a multiple use firestarter that weighs .17 ounces.
a compass and whistle are good ideas too, but they would need to be reliable and small enough where i can carryrun with them all the time and not notice it's in my pocket.
Oct 8, 2012 at 6:42 pm #1919341I'm with Roger. Never carried a lanyard "kit" and never will.
When canoeing in Canadian wilderness (Quebec and Ontario) I had a survival kit on a small pouch on my belt, front right side, just in case of a capsize and separation from the party.
Actually, a la the military, a "blowout kit" for first aid might make a lot of sense to carry on you at all times. Include aome survival items too if you like.
But that lanyard thingy – just too gimmicky for this geezer.
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