Welcome to episode 49 of the first 40 miles.

If you're new to backpacking, or if you're hopelessly in love with someone who wants you to love backpacking,

then this podcast is for you.

We'll talk about the essentials,

how to lighten your load, and how to make the most

of your time on the trail.

I'm your host Heather Legler.

And I'm Josh Legler.

And this is the very own mother celebrated a major milestone birthday so we're sharing some of her wisdom.

Then on the summit gear review learned how to play music for days without recharging.

On the backpack, Hack of the the week you'll learn how to use a common

bathroom item to prep for your next trip. All this and that's about it today on the first 40 miles.

Last year before Josh and I left on our trip around Mount Hood,

I sent an email to my mom saying,

Mom, I'm going on this trip, it's 40 miles,

here's what we'll be doing.

Do you have any advice?

And of course, you only had a week to get ready. And the word advice. And of course you only had a week to get ready.

And the word advice, when a mom hears the word advice, her ears perk up and she is like, she's ready.

She's ready to go into action and share the advice that she has. So my mom typed up a pretty,

I'm not going to say Tome, it was pretty succinct, but it was a very full email that had her advice

And I wanted to honor her today by sharing this email that she wrote to me because it was so helpful to me

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