Welcome to episode 181 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, it's too

hard. I'm too tired. I just can't is resilience a lost skill and how can we pass it on to the next

generation on today's top five list we'll talk about how to raise the next generation of strong

hikers and backpackers.

Then if you're looking for a way to introduce backpacking to new readers, we have the perfect book for you.

For today's backpack Hack of the Week, an instant food option that can fill a tortilla and feed a crowd. All this and that's about it. Today on the first 40 miles.

We recently had a conversation with a visiting church leader.

There were about 10 of us around the table, and he said,

how do we help young people develop resilience?

And he asked the question of everyone around the table,

how did you have opportunities to develop resilience?

What did others do for you?

Or what opportunities did you provide to your children?

Or how do you help your

grandchildren or what can we do to help kids develop resilience and around the

table we had people of ages ranging from probably about 80 years old down to, well I think we were probably about the youngest there in our 40s.

And as some people shared how they developed resilience as children,

many of the answers actually centered around agriculture.

That they had times when they grew up on a farm and they were working on the farm, they had to

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