Welcome to episode 150 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 there's something

about being outside that lights a spark inside. It makes us more in tune with ourselves. It

shuts out the noise of civilization and it slows us down in a good way. Today we're going to share some of our upcoming creative

projects and hopefully inspire you to get started on your own. Then we'll review a

sub two-pound tent that can fit you plus four really good friends.

For today's backpack hack of the week, you'll learn how to steal like an artist. All this, and that's about it, today on the first 40 miles.

Being outside really sparks my creativity and one of the ways that I show that

creativity is in creating the first 40 Miles podcast.

I love coming up with things to share with our audience.

I love working on projects that I know will benefit our audience

and I love writing books that will help each of our first

40-milers to have an enhanced experience on the trail. I guess creativity is one of the real

reasons that I backpack.

I know that it feeds my brain, it feeds my soul.

One of my favorite quotes is by Dieter F.

Ukdorf, and he said,

The Desire to Create is one of the deepest yearings of the human soul

no matter our talents education backgrounds or, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.

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