Welcome to episode 55 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 first 40 miles.

Today on the first 40 miles, Give the Gift giving episode.

If you've ever wanted to give the 12 days of Christmas, we have the entire thing planned

out for you, minus the Lords of Leaping and other weird gifts.

Then on the Summit Gear Review, a pad that can take you through all four seasons of backpacking.

On the backpack hack of the week, a simple way to wrap a gift for the backpacker in your life

and we'll wrap up the show with a little trail wisdom from a little girl who loved to explore.

All this, and that's about it.

Today on the first 40 miles.

Back in episode 41, we had a top five list about the five love languages.

Those were made popular by Gary Chapman and we applied those five love languages to

backpacking.

And we've mentioned before that gifts

is the primary love language of one of our children.

And we've been able to kind of leverage that when we go out on backpacking trips.

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