Another nice trick is to make sure that paper and a pen/pencil is on your checklist. That way, once you've got camp set up and realize that you don't have something because it's not on your list, you can at least write it down so you can edit your checklist and it won't happen again.
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“Hiking is just walking where it’s okay to pee. Sometimes old people hike by mistake.” — Demitri Martin