193: The First Step

The First 40 Miles: Hiking and Backpacking Podcast

Heather Legler

Hobbies, Leisure, Sports, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today on the First 40 Miles, we love getting audio recordings from our listeners—and today we have one from a new backpacker who figured out his own way of doing things. Then, on the SUMMIT Gear Review, a titanium tool inspired by a Japanese gardening knife. Next, a hammock hack that will turn any blanket or sleeping bag into an underquilt. And we’ll wrap it up with a little trail wisdom from the third best-selling poet of all time—right behind Shakespeare and Laozi.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 193 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 backpacking,
0:11.0	then this podcast is for you. We'll talk about the essentials, how to lighten
0:16.0	your load, and how to make the most of your time on the trail. I'm your host Heather Legler.
0:21.8	And I'm Josh Legler and this is the first 40 miles.
0:27.0	Today on the first 40 miles we love getting audio recordings from our listeners.
0:34.4	And today we have one from a new backpacker who figured out his own way of doing things.
0:41.5	Then on the summit gear review a titanium tool inspired by a Japanese
0:47.1	gardening knife. Next, a hammock hack that will turn any blanket or sleeping bag into an underquilt and we'll wrap it all up with a little
0:57.4	trail wisdom from the third best-selling poet of all time right behind Shakespeare and Laudz. You got it right. Yes.
1:06.8	Looks like Lausi. But it's Laudzz. Laudzzz. All this and that's about it. Today on the first 40 miles.
1:20.0	Well if you've been listening to the first 40 miles for the last couple years, you may have noticed that every once in a while we interject some audio from our listeners.
1:29.6	And we love getting audio from our listeners. It's always inspiring, unique, relevant, beautiful, authentic. Just hearing
1:38.7	your voices helps us to connect with you. Kind of in that same way that you've said that hearing our voices, you know, makes it feel like you know us. We feel the same way when we hear your voices.
1:52.0	We set up the story page on the first 40 miles.com about two years ago.
1:56.7	You just go to the first 40 miles.com slash story push a button and start recording and
2:01.8	you can share your story with us. Like Heather said,
2:04.6	we love hearing your voice and feeling like we have the opportunity to connect with you and
2:09.9	what's going on in your life when you go out backpacking.
2:13.0	And I think a lot of people who think about sharing their story
2:16.6	maybe think, well, you know, it's not a dramatic story.
2:21.0	Nothing really big happened. It wasn't a death-defying story. Nothing really big happened. It wasn't a death-defying story. I didn't overcome some
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