Summary: Show Notes: Episode 085<br> Today on the First 40 Miles, if you’ve ever been involved in a wild international caper involving Caribbean terrorists, a stolen helicopter, and a roll of duct tape, you might be MacGyver. But if you’ve ever eaten a freeze dried meal with a titanium tent stake, you might be a backpacker. Then on today’s Top 5 List, we’ll help you with a simple numbers decision. For the SUMMIT Gear review, we’ll be reviewing a tent that is light—literally! On today’s Backpack Hack of the Week, we’re going to talk about something that is simply bulgar.<br> Opening<br> <br> * “MacGyver Moments”<br> * Tent stakes and bowling alleys<br> * In order to have these MacGyver moments, it helps to have the right tools and the right mindset.<br> * What are the moments on the trail that force us to be rely on our creativity?<br> <br> Top 5 Benefits of Buying a 2-Person Tent<br> A two person tent is the most common size<br> <br> * Means that you can pick on up on your way out of town for under $60<br> * Certainly you can pay more, but if you’re new to backpacking, you can start with a cheap pup tent, take it out all summer, destroy it, then make a decision about what kind of tent features are important to you.<br> <br> Lightweight per person<br> <br> * REI Passage 2: 5 lb 6 oz (2 lbs 11 oz per person—that’s sub 3 pounds for a tent!)<br> * REI Passage 1: 4 lbs 3 oz (4 lbs 3 oz per person)<br> * Larger is harder to divide up weight evenly<br> * With our two person tent, one of us takes the rain fly and poles, the other takes the tent and stakes.<br> <br> It gives you space to decide<br> <br> * If you just have a 1 person tent, then that rules out a spouse, family member or no-snoring hiking buddy to join you<br> * If you have a two person tent, it opens up the options. It also means that if you’re out with your buddies and someone has a gear failure, you can offer half of your tent<br> <br> A three+ man tent is too big<br> <br> * A two man is easy to find a tent site for. Any bigger than that, and someone is going to be sleeping on roots or a slope<br> <br> If you like to backpack alone, a two person means gear space and room to spread out<br> <br> * You can still get a crazy light 2 person tent—and not sacrifice too much weight.<br> * Big Agnes Fly Creek 2 Platinum 1 lb 13 oz $549.95<br> * https://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Tent/FlyCreek2Platinum<br> <br> SUMMIT Gear Review™: <a href="https://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Tent/copperspurul2mtnglo">Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 mtnGLO</a><br> Structure<br> <br> * Two doors and two vestibules—and vestibules are covered areas outside of your tent, great for storing gear, setting your shoes<br> * Vestibules are also great if you just want to expand the footprint of your living space and reduce that cramped feeling that you can sometimes feel when in a tent.<br> * Tent body is breathable nylon and polyester mesh<br> * Comes with 8 Superlight aluminum J stakes<br> * Foot area of the Copper Spur mtnGLO narrows, which means a little less interior space for your extra gear. It also means that this tent isn’t reversible.<br> * Tent walls are more vertical—which gives you that spacious feel, even though you’re in a tent.<br> * Guylines are a mix of reflective and bright orange<br> * This tent has four interior mesh pockets and two internal media pockets<br> * And the media pockets (designed for phones) are brilliant. You slide your phone in this inverted triangle pocket, and the bottom corner of this pocket is open so you can slide your earbuds through the hole<br> <br> Utility<br> <br> * The pole system is pretty unique and intuitive—it’s not just two identical poles.<br> * When completely assembled, the main pole segment looks like the letter “Y with stacked on top of an upside down Y. When the poles are all assembled it can be a little gangly and unruly,
