>>1417903headlamp, practice navigating back to your car at night
water filter, get familiar with it on a dayhike before backpacking with it
knife and lighter, practice making fires after cooking diner
get a thermarest z-lite you can use as a chair when eating dinner, then later use it as your actual sleeping pad when you get into backpacking
good luck and have fun anon
>>1417921nah everyone needs to start somewhere, going from granola bar 4-6 hour hikes to longer dayhikes with a cookset is how I first got familiar with my stuff before jumping into backpacking
