Outdoor Projct

1. Wearing brand new shoes on a long hike
2. Packing way too much “just in case” gear
3. Nor bringing enough water or electrolytes
4. Starting too late in the day
5. No offline map dowloaded
6. Only checking distances, not elevation
7. Wearing cotton
8. Not eating enough through the hike
9. Ignoring weather changes
10. Choosing a hike that’s too ambitious to soon
11. Not telling anyone where you’re going
12. carrying gear you don’t know how to use
13. Bad backpack fit (shoulders doing all work)
14. Taking too few breaks… or way too many too early
15. hiking too fast at the start
16. Not protecting from the sun properly
17. No headlamp “because I’ll be back before the dark”
18. Not refilling water when you have the chance
19. Not checking recent trail conditions
20. Wearing wrong layers for the conditions
21. Not testing gear before a big hike

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