Been a long time, so I’m likely misremembering. I also did a great deal of camping and hiking, with similar admonitions.

Fruits of a … colorful … childhood. I was sent to a number of “diversionary” curricula.

Treat it more generally--gear that you are in some fashion going to trust your life to. It doesn't even need to be something fancy--a couple of days ago I was out on a hike and realized a companion was wearing jeans. The terrain was slightly scrambly (nothing that required any skill) and in a canyon that should have had a stream at this time of year. Fall into that in jeans and hypothermia becomes a very real issue.