Episode

Beginning Backpackers: BUY THIS GEAR!

Podcast: Backpacking & Blisters: A Hiking, Backpacking, and Adventure Show
Published: Mar 16, 2026
Duration seconds: 3015
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Summary

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.