Welcome to episode 99 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,

Blink, the I episode.

Most of us rely on site to help us navigate the trail which means that eye health is a critical part of backpacking

Today's episode focuses on eye health basics and how to care for your eyes while backpacking.

And we'll be swapping out our summit gear review for a summit film review.

For today's backpack hack of the Week, Josh shares his tips for using

contact lenses while backpacking. All this and that's about it today on the first 40 miles.

Hey before we jump into the episode episode 99 is our last double digit

episode. I thought you were going to say our last

last episode.

Don't freak people out.

Oh that would be mean.

That would freak me out.

Oh, I hope that people have always noticed that our episode numbers are three digits long.

And it only took us, you know, episode one through nine to get from one digit to two digits.

So zero zero one up zero zero zero nine and then we used up that second

digit so that felt good and then it took us you know another 90 episodes to

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