Out here on the left coast, a knife, lighter, cellphone, PLB, Steripen, hiking stick, ARC AAA flashlight, a dark chocolate Snicker bar, small compass on my watchband, 1 liter Nalgene bottle of water, and an AMK bivy bag serve well. All I need to do is basically make it back to my truck, or short of that, notify the cavalry that I can't.

Oh, and all this goes into my vest pockets.