This could not be more correct or more important. I’ve been hiking and mountaineering for going on 50 years. Out again the next two days. Find your “forever pace”, really a level of effort, that you can hold all day - stopping 12 times for just five minutes and you have lost an hour. Fuel and drink often. Generally hourly for me most days, easy to eat snacks you can eat while walking. Pack for efficient movement, tight and neat, nothing loose. All learned from a lifetime. Mowser knows his stuff cold. Great tips!