Beginning Backpackers: BUY THIS GEAR!

About this episode

This episode discusses essential gear for beginning backpackers across various price ranges.

If you’re a beginning backpacker, we’ve got the gear you should buy – from budget to mid level to premium. If you’re an experienced backpacker, please let us know where we went right and wrong with our choices. Also we have a previously unreleased segment with Shug.

Topics covered

• backpacking
• gear
• beginner tips

Keywords

• budget gear
• mid level gear
• premium gear
• backpacking advice

Mentioned in this episode

Products: backpacking gear

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