198: Rewired Backpacking Brain

The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast

Heather Legler

Hobbies, Leisure, Sports, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today on the First 40 Miles, wilderness backpacking has the power to rewire your brain—and we’ll share the top 5 ways it’s changed us. Then, an epic way to stay clean while backpacking. Next a listener shares her one pound solution for oil painting on the trail. And we'll wrap up with a little trail wisdom from our good friend on the trail, John Muir.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 198 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 backpacking,
0:11.0	then this podcast is for you. We'll talk about the
0:14.4	essentials, how to lighten your load, and how to make the most of your time on the
0:19.1	trail. I'm your host Heather Legler. And I'm Josh Legler. And this is the first 40 miles.
0:26.6	Today on the first 40 miles, Backpacking has rewired our brains. And that's a good thing, right Josh? I think so.
0:35.3	Then for today's summit gear review we'll share a massive win for
0:41.2	backpackers who want to stay shower fresh.
0:44.0	Then we'll share a listener's hack for how she brings oil painting supplies on the trail.
0:49.0	And we'll wrap up the show with a little trail wisdom from John Muir.
0:54.0	All this and that's about it.
0:57.1	Today on the first 40 miles.
1:02.4	We have loved doing the first 40 miles over the last few years and is a project we want to continue.
1:08.0	However, we kind of want to add to the craziness.
1:12.0	Okay, for a second you were add to the craziness. I think.
1:13.2	Okay, for a second you were going to make people nervous.
1:15.2	Oh, no, I want to add to the craziness, not subtract.
1:20.0	Not stop it.
1:20.6	I don't know.
1:21.6	I don't know what's wrong with me. But I thought it would be so much fun to do a
1:25.7	YouTube channel. With a YouTube channel you would finally get to see our faces and we'd be able to do
1:30.8	something different related to backpacking
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