195: A LONG HIKE: Prepping for a Weeklong Trip
The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast
Heather Legler
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🗓️ 7 August 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today on the First 40 Miles, this week we’ll talk about an upcoming weeklong trip and what we’re doing to prepare. Then, if you’ve got an itch to hit the trail, but you have no gear, we’ll hook you up with a company who can supply the gear for your first trip. For today’s Backpack Hack for the Week, Josh picked the perfect app for our upcoming backpacking adventure. And we’ll share a little trail wisdom from someone who didn’t do anything halfway.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 195 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. We'll talk about the essentials, how to lighten your load and how to make the most of your time on the trail. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm your host Heather Legler. And I'm Josh Legler. |
| 0:22.0 | And this is the second episode in a row that I've recorded in my |
| 0:25.2 | pajamas. This is great. I love this. And this is the first 40 miles. Today on the first 40 miles. |
| 0:33.0 | Today on the first 40 miles, this week we'll talk about an upcoming week-long trip and what we're doing to prepare. |
| 0:41.0 | Then if you've got an itch to hit the trail but you have no gear, |
| 0:45.0 | we'll hook you up with a company who can supply the gear for your first trip. |
| 0:49.3 | For today's backpack hack of the week, Josh downloaded the perfect navigation app for our upcoming |
| 0:55.6 | backpacking adventure and we'll share a little trail wisdom from someone who didn't do anything |
| 1:01.7 | halfway. All this and that's about it today on the first 40 miles. |
| 1:10.0 | We have a friend that we've mentioned on the show quite a few times because he was kind of the, well, he shoved me off the edge of the diving board of backpacking and invited me to come with him and my husband and some other people on my first |
| 1:26.1 | backpacking trip. So if you're listening to this podcast right now, blame it all |
| 1:30.3 | on Steve. Anyway, Steve turned 70 this year, which I don't think he would mind us sharing on the |
| 1:36.2 | podcast, because he was pretty proud of it. And he's really excited about this adventure that he's planned for |
| 1:40.9 | this summer. He's doing the Oregon section of the |
| 1:44.0 | PCT in celebration of turning 70 years old, which is a pretty ambitious goal, but |
| 1:49.7 | he's been preparing, you could say he's been preparing his whole life, but he's been really putting in some |
| 1:55.2 | miles this year. He's got his gear scattered all over. I shouldn't say scattered. It's probably |
| 2:00.8 | organized in piles and boxes and stuff but it's definitely taking up |
| 2:04.8 | some square footage in his house and he is ready to go. In fact the way that he |
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