153: Trinity Alps Wilderness Trip Report

The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast

Heather Legler

Hobbies, Leisure, Sports, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Today on the First 40 Miles, Is it ok to skip school and hit the trails? We think so! Josh and our two youngest will share some of the highlights of the week. Then we’ll review a clever way to get food from the plat to your mouth. And, a few nights on a deflated pad is the inspiration behind today’s Backpack Hack of the Week. Then we’ll wrap up the show with a little trail wisdom from Arnold Bennet.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 153 of the first 40 miles.
0:05.0	If you're new to backpacking,
0:07.0	or if you're hopelessly in love with someone who wants you to love backpacking,
0:11.0	then this podcast is for you. We'll talk about the
0:14.7	essentials, how to lighten your load and how to make the most of your time on the
0:19.7	trail. I'm your host Heather Legler. And'm Josh Legler and this is the first 40 miles
0:28.0	Today on the first 40 miles is it okay to skip school and hit the trails?
0:34.0	We think so.
0:35.0	Josh and our two youngest will share some of the highlights of their trip to the Trinity Alps wilderness.
0:42.0	Then we'll review a clever way to get food from the plate to your mouth.
0:47.4	And a few nights on a deflated pad is the inspiration behind today's backpack hack of the week.
0:55.0	Then we'll wrap up the show with a little trail wisdom from Arnold Bennett, not Benedict
1:00.5	Arnold, to entirely different people. All this, and that's about it. Today, on the first
1:09.6	40 miles.
1:12.4	We've been looking forward all year to 40 miles.
1:13.3	We've been looking forward all year to our annual backpacking trip with our friends.
1:17.6	It was planned to be in the Walaas in the Eagle Cap wilderness, and it was planned for the
1:22.4	third week of September, and it was planned for the third week of September.
1:24.0	And a few weeks before the trip, that's when you decided you were going to bail out of this one.
1:30.2	Well then just five days before the trip was to start, I got this email from Steve, our group leader, and he said,
1:36.0	the forecast for Eagle Cap has changed from rain showers to four to six inches of snow on Monday. That does not excite me. Other suggestions
1:46.6	as to where to go would be appreciated. All of the areas I can think of are closed
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