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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