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Summer upstate NY is a special environmental condition in the mountains.
If you don't have to worry about space, bring a warm sleeping bag in case it gets cold. Also bring a fleece blanket in case it's not that cold. The perils of not having both:
If it's too cold you'll freeze.
If it's too hot and you only have a really warm bag, you will sweat your ass off. That combined with the moisture from the air will make everything really wet, sticky, and hot. Then you get the mosquitos that LOVE hot sweat at night. They can sense you and you're white meat to them.
Bring a ton of rope to hang your food up in the trees with. It's called a bear bag. They can smell it and they will get it if it's within reach.
Get a closed cell foam pad for insulation and padding. Don't use an eggcrate or it will probably get really wet from the air.
Raingear very important.
Windproof reliable lighter important.
Pocketknife for amputating body parts, making stakes, making steaks, opening bottles or cans, cutting rope, defending yourself in a monkey knife fight, etc.
Flashlight for seeing in the dark.
TP cuz leaves hurt and you probably don't know the difference between poison ivy and weed.
Compass and map because there's nothing worse than a city slicker lost webmaster in the woods.
Tent for sleeping in. Make SURE you know how to set it up in the dark, because it gets dark earlier in the mountains and you're surrounded by trees.
Dryer lint in a ziploc bag just in case you don't trust your firestarting abilities.
DEET.
A shitload of water. You don't know how much you will drink sitting outside all day. Bring WAY more than you thought you'd need. At least a gallon per person per day plus what you'd need for cooking.
Food. Don't bring too much that requires cooling as nothing you have will be cool after a day. Don't forget the means to cook said food.
Trash bags. Excellent for waterproofing stuff, hanging food, and carrying out the trash you would probably leave in the campsite.
Shovel for putting out the fire you forgot you had no way of putting out.
Suntan lotion, a good hat, and sunglasses.
First Aid Kit
Soap for washing dishes and yourself.
Whistle for scaring away bear or whistling for help.
Other emergency signaling devices like cell, mirror, Breitling Satellite Transponder watch, radio, etc.
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