174: Scared or Prepared?
The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast
Heather Legler
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Today on the First 40 Miles, have you ever thought about how your skills as a backpacker can be a huge benefit to yourself and others during a natural disaster? Today we’ll share a story from a listener who experienced the devastation in Puerto Rico. Then, we’ll share a survival hack that will turn your empty pack into something that everyone should have—just in case.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 174 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 love |
| 0:09.8 | backpacking, then this podcast is for you. |
| 0:13.0 | We'll talk about the essentials, |
| 0:14.6 | how to lighten your load, and how to make the most |
| 0:17.0 | of your time on the trail. |
| 0:18.9 | I'm your host Heather Legler. |
| 0:20.6 | And I'm Josh Legler. |
| 0:21.9 | And this is the first 40 miles. Today on the first |
| 0:26.9 | 40 miles have you ever thought about how your skills as a backpacker can be a |
| 0:31.7 | huge benefit to yourself and others during a natural disaster. |
| 0:36.2 | Today we'll share a story from a listener who experienced the devastation in Puerto Rico and used his skills to help others. Then we'll share a |
| 0:45.0 | survival hack that will turn your empty pack into something that everyone |
| 0:50.2 | should have just in case. All this and that's about it. Today on the first 40 |
| 0:58.4 | miles. All right do you want the good news first or the bad news? |
| 1:05.0 | Give me the good news first. |
| 1:07.0 | Actually, I don't have any good news. |
| 1:09.0 | I just have bad news because disasters are inevitable. |
| 1:14.0 | Natural disasters, they keep happening. |
| 1:17.0 | Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods. |
| 1:20.0 | We haven't had any volcanoes recently, |
| 1:22.0 | but that's not to say we couldn't. |
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