Welcome to episode 29 of the first 40 miles.

If you're new to backpacking or if you're hopelessly in love with someone who wants you to

love 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. I'm your host, Heather Legler.

And I'm Josh Legler. And this is the first 40 miles.

Today on the first 40 miles, short and sweet, the Children and Backpacking episode.

We have the top five outdoor skills every child should know.

Then we review a Backpacking essential that will last your kids from ages 10 to 18.

For the backpack hack of the week,

we'll share our recipe for the number one kid requested trail energy bar

and we'll leave you with a little trail wisdom and some dates to put in your calendar.

All this and that's about it.

Today on the first 40 miles.

So today's episode is all about backpacking with kids. We've got four of them ourselves and we take

them out on our backpacking trips with varying degrees of success I would say you know sometimes it's a spectacular

failure and other times it's just an amazing experience a wonderful success well we

thought we'd ask our kids from their perspective perspective, what makes a great backpacking trip?

I'm 10 years old, and what makes backpacking trips fun is bringing the hammock.

And the hammock, we always sleep in it,

because on top you can cover it up,

and bugs won't get in, and we swing in it because... you can

and we swing in it because it can hold a lot of weight.

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