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East Meets West Hunt

Ep. 188: Why Discomfort Can Make You Happier and A Better Hunter with Michael Easter

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9796 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Michael Easter. Michael is the author of the new book “The Comfort Crisis”, a professor at UNLV, and has been a writer for magazines such as Men’s Health for years. We talk about his reasoning for writing The Comfort Crisis (which is the best book I’ve read in a long time), 33 days in the Arctic of Alaska with Donnie Vincent, why boredom is important, misogis, the health benefits of rucking, and much more.   Topics: Who is Michael Easter The reasons behind writing The Comfort Crisis - Link to book 33 days in the Arctic of Alaska with Donnie Vincent Why boredom is important Misogi  Benefits of Rucking   Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/ @beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/ @michael_easter - https://www.instagram.com/michael_easter/   Facebook:    East Meets West Outdoors - https://www.facebook.com/EastMeetsWestHunt/   https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/   YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w   Shop new apparel!  https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/shop   Gear I Use https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik   Partners: onX Mapping at your finger tips on your phone, computer or GPS that will allow you scout harder, hunt farther and increase your success rates. This is the number 1 tool that I use every single time I'm in the woods or mountains. Use code EMW for 20% off of the Hunt app. https://www.onxmaps.com/ Spartan Forge Forged in combat and tailored for hunters, Spartan Forge stands at the nexus of Machine Learning and White-tailed Deer hunting to deliver truly intuitive and science based products that save the hunter time spent scouting, planning and executing their hunts. Check out the Outfitter for deer movement predictions based on millions of data points for your area! Save 25% with coupon code eastmeetswest www.spartanforge.ai Heather's Choice Healthy, great tasting, dehydrated meals for the backcountry. Use code eastmeetswest to get free shipping on ALL orders.  http://lddy.no/7og2 Maven Optics Top quality binoculars, spotting scopes and rifle scopes for your hunts from east to west. Use the code eastmeetswest-gift get a free gift with your next order! https://mavenbuilt.com/ MTN OPS MTN OPS is the leader in providing science based supplements to help you train inside and conquer more outside. Use the code BEAUFREESHIP for free shipping on all orders.  https://glnk.io/mw0/beaumartonik TETHRD The Tethrd Team has created the ultimate tree saddle hunting setup. The Phantom Saddle and Predator Platform system is truly the culmination of ideas & input from thousands of dedicated tree saddle hunting fanatics around the world.  https://tethrdnation.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Are you an adventurer looking to take your hunt to the next level?

0:04.6

Then you're in the right place.

0:05.8

Welcome to East Meets West Hunt with your host, Beaumartonic.

0:14.4

Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode, the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented by Onex.

0:20.7

On today's episode, I am joined by

0:23.0

Michael Easter. Michael is the author of the new book, The Comfort Crisis, a professor at

0:29.7

UNLV, and has been a writer for magazines such as men's health for years. We talk about his

0:35.4

reasoning for writing the comfort crisis, which is the best book

0:39.3

that I've read in a long time. 33 days in the Arctic of Alaska with Donnie Vincent.

0:45.3

Why Bortem is important. Masogis, the health benefits of rocking, and much more.

0:52.6

This episode is brought to you by Onex. And Onyx hunt app is your premier GPS hunting app.

0:57.6

It turns your phone into a working GPS.

1:00.4

This time of year, I am scouring over maps on the desktop version of the app to look for areas to scout during the spring,

1:07.3

as well as potential hunting locations for my annual Western hunt.

1:11.9

The new 3D feature makes it convenient to look for hidden benches and understand the lay

1:16.5

of the land. If you want to check out the onex hunt app for yourself, head over to onexmaps.com

1:22.0

and use a coupon code EMW to save 20%. Tethered is a company that's founded on the principles of educating the

1:30.5

hunting community on saddle hunting while creating the most innovative, lightweight, safe products

1:36.2

for saddle hunting. I'm using the phantom saddle system with the predator platform for all

1:41.2

of my mobile hunts. To learn more about tethered and saddle hunting, head over to tethered nation.com.

1:48.2

Maven is building the highest quality optics at half the price of their competitors

1:52.2

through their direct-to-consumer business model.

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