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Episode 4: We got skillz! and flora and fauna that want to eat you

Episode 4: We got skillz! and flora and fauna that want to eat you

Update: 2020-01-21
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Outlining all the skills, but what's funny is that if you google search backpacking skills, you always end up with a list of gear to bring on a hike with you...  Here are some of the skills we hope to address in coming episodes:



  • Wilderness focused First aid:  Common issues in the backcountry, the goals for treating them and what to carry.

  • Personal hygiene – how to stay clean.

  • Specific foot care – related issues.  Making sure feet don’t get neglected and other self-care on the trail.

  • Navigation – different forms of navigation – digital to paper.

  • Meal planning, identifying how much to food to carry and options for cooking.

  • How to approach food storage and keep it away from critters large and small.

  • Fire.

  • Water.  Getting and treating it.

  • The 10 essentials


Baseball cheating scandal as illustrated by mean girls


CDC Lyme disease page


Permethrin spray for clothing 


Tick removal tweezers


Poison oak serum.  I usually just wipe down using rubbing alcohol. 


Shenandoah Nat Park's Bear Safety Page 

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Tony Champagne

sorry, I had to stop. I couldn't take it anymore.

Apr 8th
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Episode 4: We got skillz! and flora and fauna that want to eat you

Episode 4: We got skillz! and flora and fauna that want to eat you

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