Just as importantly, consider in advance how being wet is going to affect you. Wet clothes are heavy and fail to insulate, while wet feet inside wet shoes is a very bad combination for a number of reasons.
Bridges are really great, is my point.
Choosing the right clothes can help mitigate this detail. Wool, flannel and sometimes knits can keep you warm while wet.
I have no clue what kind of knits do so. I just know I had a cotton sweater once that was insulating while wet.
Converting units to metric (km and kg), Replace your shoes when they are worn 800-3.5*(loaded weight)
I don't necessarily agree with the rule of thumb, I was just converting it into units I could understand and thought I would share it with the community. They do line up approximately with injury-avoidance running shoe wisdom (replace every 400 to 600 km), so it seems plausible. I think it would depend a lot on the individual (i.e. I hike in trail running shoes, so I should replace more frequently than someone who uses heavier duty boots - might just want to replace insoles occasionally?)
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1) Didn't get familiar with hiking / camping on broken / rough terrain.
2) Didn't plan on how to deal with hypothermia inducing temperatures.
3) Didn't replace shoes quickly enough
4) Not taking black bears seriously enough.
5) Careless / casual with river crossings
She doesn't give great rules of thumb on each point. Here are some based on my experience:
1) Go out with your pack at night and practice moving quickly up and down some stairs. If it rains, even better.
2) Have a layer (usually a wind/rain shell) at the top of your pack. When you stop that layer automatically goes on. When you start walking again that layer goes back in the pack.
3) Replace your shoes when mileage equals 500 - your loaded weight (bodyweight + pack). Do not risk your foot health for a hundred bucks.
4) No RoTs. Bears aren't inherently hostile (usually) but they're not inherently friendly either. Self-education required.
5) No RoTs here, water crossing are dangerous. If you are going to cross you have to have a plan for what happens if you lose your pack or get swept downstream. The force of water can be shocking.
EDIT: If you plan to do any kind of movement over long distance _please_ invest in the book "Fixing Your Feet". Foot problems end more adventures than anything else. Foot care and foot health is the primary predictor IMO of how successful and how non-miserable a movement will be. https://www.amazon.com/Fixing-Your-Feet-Prevention-Treatment...