159: Should I Be Worried About Theft?
The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast
Heather Legler
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2017
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Today on the First 40 Miles, when you’re new to backpacking and hiking, you probably have good sized list of things to worry about. We’ll help you add an item to your “do not worry” list—and give you some ways to be proactive. Then we’ll review a simple 100% wool beanie that was so great, we bought it again. Next, a hack that can help you add 24 hours onto your next trip—or can be a life-saving backup plan.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 159 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 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. |
| 0:27.0 | Today on the first 40 miles, when you're new to backpacking and hiking, you probably have a good size list of things to worry |
| 0:36.5 | about. We'll help you add an item to your Do Not Worry list and give you some ways to be proactive. Then we'll review a simple |
| 0:47.1 | 100% wool beanie that was so great we bought it again. |
| 0:53.3 | Next, a hack that can help you add 24 hours |
| 0:56.3 | onto your next trip, or that can be a life-saving backup plan. |
| 1:02.4 | All this, and that's about it. Today on the first 40 miles. |
| 1:10.8 | Not too long ago I received a text from a friend who wanted to go backpacking but include some day hikes in with that trip so she was going to leave her camp set up and go off and explore. |
| 1:24.1 | And she'd never done this before. |
| 1:25.4 | Typically, she hikes in, she camps, |
| 1:28.3 | then the next morning she packs up and goes to the next site. |
| 1:31.5 | So her stuff is never left alone during the day. |
| 1:34.0 | But now, with wanting to do some day hikes attached to a backpacking trip, |
| 1:39.0 | she was kind of having some thoughts about, |
| 1:42.0 | what's going to happen to my stuff if I leave it there all day long. Is someone going to take my stuff? |
| 1:49.0 | This is something that I thought about a lot when I first started hiking and backpacking. Out in the real world, outside of the forest, you don't leave anything unattended, not your wallet and your shopping cart, you don't leave your dog in your car, you don't leave your car running in the parking lot. |
| 2:08.0 | People who steal are opportunistic, and they're often in the wrong place at the wrong time doing the wrong thing. |
| 2:16.4 | And so everyone everything is potentially a target. It's just kind of the sad state of the world. |
| 2:26.5 | But when we're backpacking, it's a little different. People who steal go to places |
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