Outdoor Considerations
Bivvy sack, space blanket, cell phone, compass, map, water, fire starter, whistle, high energy food source. Some of the suggested items to pack up and carry along. It would take little room in a light pack or over sized fanny pack.
Leave a plan of where you are going. Write it down and put on dash. Stick to your plan. If you walk out and drive to a new watershed, does anyone know? You should drive into cell phone range and call. Who will know you changed your plan?
Perhaps you are of the ‘I don’t have anyone to tell. It is no one’s damn business anyway. I can take care of myself’ variety. Well, that is fine. Just in case read the mountaineering site so you can better survive.
SwittersB & Exploring 
I appreciate your post re survival/comfort gear as well as the mountaineering link. I would offer this also about clothing. We have gotten spoiled about the new synthetics and I think are kind of oblivious to clothing. I still see guys wearing nice layers of pile and such over COTTON. Don’t wear cotton. Has no place as a layer. Pay attention to your clothing and take those survival tools.
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