meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
East Meets West Hunt

Ep. 195: 8 Piece Technical Clothing Layering System for Hunting - What You Need with John Barklow // Sitka Gear

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9796 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by John Barklow of Sitka Gear. John has dedicated his life to survival from backcountry hunting to training Navy Special Warfare in Kodiak, AK, and most recently, the Big Game Product Manager for Sitka Gear. We talk about his simple 8 layer approach to building a technical clothing layering system for all hunting seasons. We finish off by talking about Sitka’s new Aerolite series of insulation layers and sleeping bag. Topics: 8 Pieces to a Technical Clothing System Base layer (top and bottom) Soft shell pants  Active insulation Windstopper top Puffy jacket Rain jacket top and bottom Sitka Gear aerolite sleeping bag and insulation layers   Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/ @beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/ @jbarklow - https://www.instagram.com/jbarklow/   Facebook:    East Meets West Outdoors - https://www.facebook.com/EastMeetsWestHunt/   https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ https://knowledgefromstorms.com/   YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w   Shop new apparel!  https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/shop   Amazon Influencer Page 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

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

0:04.6

And you're in the right place.

0:05.8

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

0:14.5

Hey, everyone.

0:15.7

Welcome back to another episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented by Onex.

0:21.8

Use the coupon code East Meets West to save 20% off the Onex Hunt app at onexmaps.com.

0:29.5

On today's episode, we have a different kind of one here.

0:32.5

It's kind of a bonus episode throughout the week here.

0:35.7

So this one is going to be short to the point and getting in detail

0:41.3

with John Barclow of Sica Gear. We talk about his simple eight-layer approach to building a technical

0:48.5

clothing layering system for all seasons. Then we finish off by talking about Sica's new

0:54.1

aerolite series of insulation layers

0:57.2

and sleeping bag, which I'll be using here shortly on my Colorado mule deer hunt.

1:03.2

And I just want to say if you are interested in purchasing any Sika gear,

1:09.0

I have a link in the bio below or in the the podcast description

1:15.0

if you use that link it'll take you at a sick as website and it just as you would normally

1:21.9

purchase anything but if you do use that link that does help me out as I get a small commission off of that.

1:29.3

So if you would use that, if you're planning on ordering it online, I greatly appreciate it.

1:34.4

If you have a local dealer that you use, even better support them.

1:38.7

But if you're going to order online, I would love it if you helped out with that.

1:43.0

So this podcast is also brought to you by Tethered.

1:46.7

And you can find more about Tethered and their lightweight, innovative saddle hunting products at Tethered Nation.com.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Beau Martonik, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Beau Martonik and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.