#38: The Ten Essentials

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

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🗓️ 15 April 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What’s in your backpack? To prevent emergencies from happening while you’re hiking, and to deal with any that might arise, it’s important to include items from the Ten Essentials list. The National Park Service encourages all hikers to know what the Ten Essentials are, and to carry some version of them in their backpack. In this episode, we’ll discuss each of the ten categories, and give suggestions about what we like to carry with us on day hikes. Some of the topics we discuss in this episode include: What forms of navigation you could bring in addition to a paper map What first aid items we’ve used the most What a ferro rod is and why you should practice using it Why you should carry duct tape What the 3-in-1 tool is that Karen never leaves home without Why we always pack peanut butter and jelly sandwiches What are some ways to sterilize water along a trail What items we pack that are not on the Ten Essentials list What is Karen’s 11th Essential Links to more information: The National Park Service Ten Essentials Where to learn more about our books and travels Join the conversation on Facebook - we want to hear from you! Check out our Instagram account Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You need to go into the backyard and practice it and practice it probably a couple times
0:05.0	a year because if you're in emergency situation, that's not when you want to pull the instructions
0:10.5	out.
0:11.5	Now you're making me worried because I haven't ever practiced that.
0:14.5	I know.
0:15.5	If something happened to you, I wouldn't even know probably what that was.
0:20.3	Yeah, but if something had happened to me, you would just crawl under my body as you would
0:26.0	stay warm for a few more hours.
0:28.0	And I would wait for someone to come and find me.
0:44.4	This is the Dear Robin Soup Podcast, our stories of adventures and a few misadventures as we
0:50.0	travel to all the U.S. national parks and other public lands.
0:53.5	I'm Karen Smith.
0:54.9	And I'm Matt Smith, we're the authors of the Dear Robin Soup series books.
0:59.1	On today's episode, we're discussing the 10 essentials.
1:03.0	Items that you should have with you when you hike in order to help prevent emergencies
1:06.5	and deal with any that might arise.
1:09.1	The National Park Service encourages all hikers to know what the 10 essentials are and
1:14.5	to carry some version of them in their backpacks when hiking.
1:18.0	We'll be explaining the specifics of the list as well as some particular items that we like
1:23.3	to bring with us.
1:24.9	And by the end of the episode, we hope you'll have a good understanding why it's so important
1:29.5	to pack the 10 essentials.
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