Welcome to episode 134 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, music on or off the trail is one of the great pleasures in life.

Today we'll talk about how to incorporate music on your backpacking trip,

what to bring and what to leave home.

Then a top five list that will help you plan your personal playlist.

Next on the summit gear review, a three-stringed instrument that's trail-worthy and is impossible to play wrong.

And our backpack hack has morphed today into backpack homework. All this and that's about it. Today on the first 40 miles.

Hey before we jump into today's episode just a reminder that we are participating in a forest

cleanup this Saturday June 10th.

If you happen to be in Oregon and you'd like to help out with the cleanup, go to the show notes

for today's episode at the

first 40 miles.com slash 134 and sign up for the cleanup. And this is a

cleanup put on by Solve and the Bureau of Land Management.

We had this hiking and the Bureau of Land Management.

We had this hiking song that we would sing when I was a scout, and it was one of those echo or repeat after me songs.

So as we were hiking along, you know, one of the scouts would be like,

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