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go to a furnished campground, eat burnt hot dogs, and sleep in a shitty sleeping bag in a shitty tent. you will figure out what you wish you had - big bites, sunburn, too hot, too cold, forgot a chair, forgot a hat, etc. repeat. then you can do some day hiking. then you can do some through hiking. you don't need a book on safety. literally don't take risks. you're not going to climb a mountain, you're not going to rappel down a waterfall, you're not going to fight a grizzly in the yukon.