010: The Shake Down

The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast

Heather Legler

Hobbies, Leisure, Sports, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Shake Down: a trendy new dance move or a backpacking pre-trip? Next, learn a few tricks from the Boy Scouts from their iconic Merit Badge Pamphlets. Then, the Leglers revisit some rain gear that went through some blackberry vines and lived to tell the story. Lastly, Heather has invented a perfect solution to the messy bar of soap—and we promise it doesn’t use nylon stockings! You’ll love it!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 10 of the first 40 miles. If you're new to
0:04.9	backpacking or if you're hopelessly in love
0:07.5	with someone who wants you to love backpacking,
0:10.0	then this podcast is for you. We'll talk about the essentials,
0:13.6	how to lighten your load,
0:14.9	and how to make the most of your time on the trail.
0:18.2	I'm your host Heather Legler.
0:20.3	And I'm Josh Legler.
0:22.1	And this is the first 40 miles.
0:25.0	Today on the first 40 miles, the top five Boy Scout Merit Badge pamphlets for beginner backpackers.
0:35.2	The Summit Gear Review will feature some rain gear that tangled with some
0:40.0	blackberry vines.
0:41.8	On the backpack hack of the week, we'll show you how to make a soap tube.
0:47.2	And we'll wrap up the show with a little trail wisdom from our good friend on the trail, author and playwright William Shakespeare.
0:55.0	All this and that's about it today on the first 40 miles.
1:01.0	Well Josh this is episode 10. Are you kind of starting to get in the groove here?
1:05.4	Yeah I think so. I think we've worked out some bugs. I think the buggiest thing
1:10.6	recently was a chair that I was sitting in that wouldn't stop squeaking.
1:15.1	Yeah, so you've resorted to the camp stool now.
1:18.3	The camp stool.
1:19.3	It actually doesn't squeak and it puts me kind of right at the right height for seeing my notes and stuff.
1:24.7	And it gets you in that backpacking mood, right? That's right, yeah. You know, before a
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