Outdoor safety was taught as common sense where I grew up so it's just one of those things I take for granted.

You would think, but a lot of people are so stupid I genuinely wonder how they survive day-to-day. I have been on multi-day hiking and camping trips and likewise, I had basic outdoor safety drilled into my head before I ever even attempted that. The number one rule is that you never, EVER go anywhere alone, or at the very least without giving someone else a map of the route you plan to take so that potential rescuers have a general region to focus a search in.