179: Spring Break at the Metolius River
The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast
Heather Legler
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today on the First 40 Miles, we report on our spring break adventure to the Metolius River. Then, we'll review an ultralight headlamp from UCO. Today's Backpack Hack of the Week will give you a good reason to knock marshmallows off your packing list. And we'll wrap up the show with some wisdom from a man who was no dummy.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 179 of the first 40 miles. |
| 0:04.5 | If you're new to backpacking or if you're hopelessly in love with someone who wants you to love |
| 0:09.2 | backpacking, then this podcast is for you. We'll talk about the essentials, |
| 0:14.1 | how to lighten your load, and how to make the most of your time on the trail. |
| 0:18.5 | I'm your host, Heather Legler. |
| 0:20.5 | And I'm Josh Legler. |
| 0:22.0 | And this is the first 40 miles. |
| 0:26.0 | Today on the first 40 miles, we're recording from the trail. |
| 0:30.0 | We're out here with our three boys. |
| 0:32.0 | Our daughter is at home, getting ready for college |
| 0:34.8 | and interviewing for jobs, |
| 0:36.2 | so she didn't make it out here with us on the trail. |
| 0:39.0 | We're on the last day of our three day |
| 0:41.5 | Odyssey in the wilderness. It's been one of the best backpacking |
| 0:46.0 | trips we've ever had. One of our goals with spring backpacking trips is to find a |
| 0:50.8 | place that isn't too cold or too wet. |
| 0:54.0 | And sometimes that means heading south to California, |
| 0:57.5 | but then that means lots of time in the car. |
| 1:00.7 | So another goal that we have is to find a trip as close to home as possible that also is going to be not too cold and not too wet. |
| 1:08.0 | A couple of years ago we did the Rogue River in southwest Oregon and we loved that trip. That was amazing. It was |
| 1:15.2 | about four and a half hours away from home for us. And last spring break, we did |
| 1:20.0 | Tillamook Head out on the Oregon coast. So that worked out pretty well too. It was a really muddy trail, but it never gets too cold out on the coast and we had shelters to sleep in at a backpacker camp. |
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