061: The Perfect Gateway Activity

The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast

Heather Legler

Hobbies, Leisure, Sports, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today on The First 40 Miles, are you looking to persuade a friend or family member to come backpacking with you? We’ve got the perfect gateway activity to start them off with. Then, if you haven’t found the perfect knife from the wagon of the village peddler, we’ll give you an even better place to start. On the SUMMIT Gear Review, a multiuse piece of gear that can go from pack to trail and right back to pack. Then on the Backpack Hack of the Week, 420 calories and no mess. And we’ll wrap up the show with a little trail wisdom from our good friend on the trail, William O Douglas

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 61 of the first 40 miles.
0:04.5	If you're new to backpacking, or if you're hopelessly in love with someone who wants you to love backpacking,
0:10.5	then this podcast is for you.
0:12.8	We'll talk about the essentials, how to lighten your load,
0:15.9	and how to make the most of your time on the trail.
0:19.1	I'm your host, Heather Legler.
0:21.1	And I'm Josh Legler.
0:22.4	And this is the first 40 miles. Today on the first 40 miles,
0:28.7	are you looking to persuade a friend or family member to come backpacking with you, we've got the perfect gateway
0:35.7	activity to start them off with. Then, if you haven't found the perfect knife from the wagon of
0:41.7	the village peddler, we'll give you an even better place to start.
0:46.0	Next on the summit gear review, a multi-use piece of gear that can go from pack to Trail and right back to Pack.
0:54.5	Then on the backpack Hack of the week,
0:57.1	420 calories and no Mez.
1:01.4	And we'll wrap up this show with a little trail wisdom from our good friend on the trail,
1:06.3	William O Douglas.
1:09.0	All this and that's about it.
1:12.1	Today on the first 40 miles.
1:16.6	So one of the sneaky ways that Josh got me hooked on backpacking
1:20.7	was by getting me involved in a gateway activity and that was day hiking.
1:27.0	And so we went on, we still go on, lots and lots of day hikes.
1:33.4	And this is a great way to kind of get your friends and family
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