003: Shave the Ounces and the Pounds Will Follow
The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast
Heather Legler
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2014
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Get ready to lose some excess pack weight--and then add it back a few grams at a time. We'll also review a budget sleeping pad and find out how it actually worked on a recent camp out. If you're planning on making your next backpacking trip a creative retreat, then stay tuned to learn how to make an ultralight DIY Plein Air Watercolor Kit to toss into your pack for when creativity strikes on the trail!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 3 of the first 40 miles. |
| 0:04.0 | If you're new to backpacking, or if you're hopelessly in love with someone who wants you to |
| 0:08.7 | love backpacking, then this podcast is for you. |
| 0:12.3 | We'll talk about the essentials, how to lighten your load, and how to make the most of your time on the trail. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm your host Heather Legler. |
| 0:21.0 | And I'm Josh Legler. |
| 0:22.0 | And this is the first 40 miles. Today on the first |
| 0:26.4 | 40 miles, the top five itsy-bitcy teeny-weeny things you need to add to your |
| 0:32.1 | ten essentials. |
| 0:33.6 | The Summit Gear Review will feature a sleeping pad that fits your budget. |
| 0:38.3 | The backpack hack of the week will color your world and we'll wrap up the show with a little trail wisdom from our good |
| 0:45.7 | friend on the trail E.B. White. All this and that's about it today on the first 40 miles. |
| 0:54.0 | You know, I've heard people say, |
| 0:56.0 | Shave the ounces and the pounds will follow |
| 0:59.0 | when they're talking about packing for your backpacking trip. |
| 1:02.0 | I have a digital scale that helps me weigh all the equipment that I put into my pack before I pack it. |
| 1:08.5 | Sometimes I use it so often that I wish we had an upstairs scale and a downstairs scale. It's a little bit nerdy, but it's just a digital |
| 1:16.6 | kitchen scale and it weighs items up to 12 pounds. So what I've noticed as I've been weighing everything in preparation for our next |
| 1:25.2 | backpacking trip is that a lot of times there are inaccuracies in the |
| 1:30.0 | packaging information and in online information for how much things weigh. |
| 1:35.4 | In fact in episode 2 of the first 40 miles you reviewed a pair of hiking shoes. The website says that those hiking shoes are 13 ounces, |
| 1:46.2 | but the actual weight is 24 ounces. Now I don't know if the website was listing |
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