018: Don’t Blow the Budget!

The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast

Heather Legler

Hobbies, Leisure, Sports, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2015

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Today on The First 40 Miles we’ll talk about combining backpacking with trail service. Next, the Top 5 ways to blow your backpacking budget. The SUMMIT Gear Review™ we’ll show you how to protect dry stuff from wet stuff. Then for the Backpack Hack of the Week™ will show you an easy way to keep grit on the trail and out of your shoes. And we’ll wrap up the show with a little Trail Wisdom from our good friend on the trail, Ralph.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 18 of the first 40 miles.
0:05.0	If you're new to backpacking or if you're hopelessly in love with someone who wants you to love
0:09.8	backpacking, then this podcast is for you. We'll talk about the essentials, how to lighten
0:15.2	your load, and how to make the most of your time on the trail. I'm your host Heather Legler.
0:21.0	And I'm Josh Legler. And this is the first 40 miles.
0:26.3	Today on the first 40 miles, we'll talk about combining backpacking with trail service.
0:32.4	Next, the top five ways to blow your backpacking budget.
0:37.0	On the Summit Gear Review, we'll show you how to protect dry stuff from wet stuff.
0:42.0	Then for the backpack Hack of the week we'll show you an easy
0:45.8	way to keep grit on the trail and out of your shoes. And we'll wrap up the show with a little
0:52.0	trail wisdom from our good friend on the trail, Ralph.
0:56.2	All this and that's about it.
0:58.8	Today on the first 40 miles.
1:06.9	Well before we get into our show today we wanted to play a little game with our audience and find out if you can name all of the states on the
1:12.2	Appalachian Trail and we'll give you a little clue.
1:15.9	There are 14 states on the Appalachian Trail.
1:20.2	All right, answer at the end of the episode.
1:24.0	A couple weeks ago we took a hypothetical trip to Arizona.
1:28.0	Yeah, and your destination was going to be colossal cave mountain park.
1:33.8	That's right, I was going to take the Gabe Zimmerman Trail for a few miles and end up at this
1:38.3	amazing park that has caves where you can actually go in and explore.
1:43.5	I think it's about $13 to get in
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