106: Black Friday Backpacking Options

The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast

Heather Legler

Hobbies, Leisure, Sports, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Today on the First 40 Miles, along with thousands of other folks this week, we'll ditch the midnight shopping, the mall mayhem and the deals on flat screen TVs for a little time on the trail. Next on today’s Top 5 List, we’ll share some gifts that just keep on giving. For today’s SUMMIT Gear Review, a top of the line, fully featured two-way radio that has an undergrad degree in Communications, and a masters in Global Positioning. Next, our Backpack Hack of the Week will give you the map to anywhere.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 106 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
0:10.8	love backpacking, then this podcast is for you.
0:14.4	We'll talk about the essentials,
0:16.0	how to lighten your load,
0:17.3	and how to make the most of your time on the trail.
0:20.5	I'm your host Heather Legler.
0:22.4	And I'm Josh Legler and this is the first 40 miles
0:27.0	today on the first 40 miles along with thousands of other folks will be ditching the midnight shopping, the mall
0:34.5	mayhem, and the deals on flat screen TVs for a little time on the trail.
0:40.5	Next on today's top five list, we'll share some gifts that just keep on giving.
0:46.0	For today's summit gear review, a top of the line fully featured two-way radio
0:52.0	that has an undergrad degree in communications and a
0:54.8	masters in global positioning. Next our backpack hack of the week will give you
1:00.1	the map to anywhere. All this and that's about it. Today on the first 40 miles.
1:10.0	Last year REI took a big leap of faith and made a big splash with their opt-out side campaign.
1:17.0	They said, you know what, we're ditching Black Friday.
1:20.0	We're going to have all of our stores closed, all of our offices closed on Black Friday. We're going to have all of our stores closed, all of our offices closed on Black Friday.
1:25.4	We'll be open the rest of the Christmas shopping season, but on Black Friday, we're going to be closed
1:30.3	and we invite everyone else to just go to the outdoors.
1:34.1	Opt outside.
1:35.1	And I think this really shocked everyone.
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