>>2529825Next thing is food. Try not to pack cans. They are heavy adn will be annoying. For the first night you can always take fresh food. Don't worry about freeze dried or shelf stable unless you are doing long hikes or a couple of nights. That's on you, decide if you just want to do overnight or just get used to walking with your gear. You should wear boots a while to get them broken in, pack your bag and do some long walks with it packed. Condition yourself. It helps.
The thing to do next is to get a habit of reading. Find some outdoors lit and make a point of digesting it. Every skill that you have will rely on practice, but practice is always enhanced by reading. It will help you get an idea of what is considered normal or conventional knowladge.
For you I would reccomend The DK Survival Guide AKA The Royal Marines Survival Handbook in some nations. It is one of the best composed and illustrated books on all the basics that I've ever seen. Nothing in that book that you should not know. It's all sensible. So try that out.
There is a difference between homesteading, thru hiking (annoying faggot magnet) and the slow arduous habit of learning how to hunt or do expeditionary trails with no suppourt. Whatever you chose to do, get a group. Make freinds. Find others who will show you how to shoot and go out of your way to learn something every day.
