186: TRAILS: A Little Light Trail Maintenance
The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast
Heather Legler
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today on the First 40 Miles, I used to believe that trails just existed and that they were just the well-worn footpaths created by thousands of people walking those same miles over and over. Nope. Trails are made and maintained. Today we’ll talk about some things you can do to help. Then, if you’ve always wanted to pack a chainsaw for clearing fallen trees on the trail, but just didn’t have enough room in your pack…we have a solution. And we’ll share a hack that will upcycle your favorite old cotton t-shirt and give it some trail time.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 186 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 |
| 0:09.9 | backpacking, then this podcast is for you. |
| 0:13.2 | We'll talk about the essentials, |
| 0:14.8 | how to lighten your load, |
| 0:16.0 | and how to make the most of your time on the trail. |
| 0:19.1 | I'm your host Heather Legler. |
| 0:20.9 | And I'm Josh Legler. |
| 0:22.1 | And this is the first 40 miles. |
| 0:26.8 | Today on the first 40 miles, a little light trail maintenance. |
| 0:31.2 | I used to believe that trails just existed and that they were the well-worn footpaths created |
| 0:36.9 | by thousands of people walking those same miles over and over. |
| 0:42.2 | Nope, trails are made and maintained. Today we'll talk |
| 0:46.1 | about some things that you can do to help. Then if you've always wanted to pack |
| 0:50.9 | a chainsaw for clearing fallen trees on the trail but just didn't have |
| 0:55.1 | enough room in your pack. We have a solution. And we'll share a hack that will upcycle |
| 1:01.1 | your favorite old cotton t-shirt and give it some trail time. |
| 1:06.0 | All this and that's about it today on the first 40 miles. It took me a long time before I realized that trails don't just |
| 1:19.2 | exist, that they're actually engineered or created or carved out of the land and that there's a lot of maintenance that goes into preserving these trails. |
| 1:32.0 | And once you realize that trails are man-made, |
| 1:35.6 | then you usually think of trail maintenance as something that a crew comes in to do |
| 1:40.8 | when no one is looking. |
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