Summary: Show Notes: Episode 088<br> Today on the First 40 Miles, we’ll talk about setting reasonable expectations—and why it will make your trip even better! Then, our Top 5 List will give you some great ideas for how to say happy birthday on the trail—without the mess of confetti or balloons. Next on the SUMMIT Gear Review, an upgrade for your Nalgene water bottle that will save you the embarrassment of spilled water in your lap. For today’s Backpack Hack of the Week, learn the trick for getting closer to one more birthday.<br> Opening<br> <br> * Setting Reasonable Expectations<br> * 1-2 miles an hour<br> * The more people, the lower your expectations should be<br> * More stopping, more issues, more photos, more everything…<br> * Expectations not met = disappointment<br> <br> Top 5 Ways to Celebrate Birthdays on the Trail<br> A Birthday Cake<br> <br> * On our second Redwoods Trip, Steve gave me a large Costco double chocolate muffin with a lit match stuck on top<br> * A Twinkie with a candle or match<br> * Steam bake a birthday cake (with rocks in base of stove)<br> <br> Gift of Gear or a hack<br> <br> * Something small and simple, even a gear hack<br> * It doesn’t have to be big—because everything that happens on the trail is so much more meaningful than if it were to happen at home.<br> <br> A Special Birthday Wake Up Song<br> <br> * “Birthday” from the Beatles White Album<br> * “Happy Birthday” from your hiking buddies<br> * If you’ve got neighbors, be sure to “let nature’s sounds prevail”<br> <br> A Technicolor Campfire<br> <br> * $1-3 per packet…one packet per fire (burns about 30-60 minutes)<br> * Wildly colorful flames<br> * Can’t cook on these flames, but they are environmentally friendly<br> * <a href="http://www.colorfulfire.com/">Colorful Fire</a><br> * <a href="http://mysticalfire.com/">Mystical Fire</a><br> <br> Stories about the Birthday Boy or Girl<br> <br> * Tell stories around the campfire about the person<br> * This is great if you have a group…you can all go around and share something about the birthday person<br> * Depending on the person you could roast marshmallows, then roast your friend.<br> * Stories…<br> <br> How not to celebrate birthdays: fireworks<br> Keep the fireworks at home…trees and fireworks don’t play nice together…<br> SUMMIT Gear Review™: <a href="http://www.humangear.com/gear/capcap">Humangear capCAP</a><br> Structure<br> <br> * A lid with a lid. Or a cap with a cap. So, it’s a wide mouth cap that you screw on to your Nalgene, but then that lid has another smaller lid on top that you can use for drinking like it’s a narrow mouth bottle.<br> * The smaller opening has a rubberized easy to grip cap—which is nice if you have gloves on<br> * BPA-free, polycarbonate-free, and phthalate-free. Both caps are made with FDA-approved, food-safe polypropylene (#5) plastic.<br> <br> Utility<br> <br> * Splash-free drinking<br> * The part that you drink out of is curved to match your lips<br> * Ergonomically designed for your lips—which is so cool–for comfortable drinking<br> * Works with most popular BPA-free 63mm wide-mouth bottles<br> * They have a compatibility list on their site<br> * Rounded strap, which means even with the kilo of water, the strap isn’t going to dig into your fingers like a Nalgene does.<br> <br> Mass <br> <br> * Weighs 1.3 ounces (37 grams)<br> * Compared to a Nalgene lid which weighs .7 ounces (18 grams)<br> <br> Maintenance<br> <br> * Hand wash or wash top rack in your dishwasher<br> <br> Investment<br> <br> * 2 pack on the amazing Amazon for $16.50<br> * Humangear sells them on their site for $6 each with $5 shipping<br> * You can probably find them in the travel section of a large store<br> * Lifetime warranty—for the lifetime of the product<br> <br> Trial<br> <br> * Humangear is an innovative company that has some...
