EPISODE 15: How Would You Cut Your Arm Off?

Gritty Podcast

Brian Call

Outdoor, Sports & Recreation

4.4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2015

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast I have a lot of fun talking with Aron Snyder about Fieldcraft. Aron shares some valuable bits of advice and some deep insights such as the following:

What is fieldcraft you may ask?

Although snares and mushrooms are discussed briefly in this podcast the focus is more on what you need to know to survive in a wilderness, survival situation. We talk about how to start fires, how not to get lost but how to handle the situation if you do. We talk about Aron Ralston and whether you should chop your arm off like he did and if you do, how should you do it? In a moment of vulnerability I confess that I carry two GPS units to which Aron has a difficult time not saying something snarky. Hey, I’m easily lost.

Of course, the podcast would not be complete without a few tangents, which, this week, includes discussions about non-hunters, photography, film and our upcoming hunts this year.

Main Points:
Be prepared.
Physical fitness.
Know your limitations.
Practice.

"Generally panic is what kills you in a survival situation."

Snyderisms:

I'm not going to go into what twigs and berries and mushrooms you should eat because if you get to that point you're in deep caca.

If you’re going to be Jeremiah Johnson and start a fire with flint and steel, I highly suggest you practice said task in multiple environments, starting with your backyard and some gasoline because that crap ain’t easy.

My wife can get lost in a phone booth.

People leave with a T-shirt and a smile.

It’s good to stay alive — you don’t want to die.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, all right. You're listening to the great woman home of great bohemian films interviews tall tales and a wee bit of manly boasting
0:10.0	I'm South Cox and you're listening to the great e-moment
0:17.2	This week on Gritty Bowman I sit down with Aaron Snyder and we talk about field craft
0:22.9	Aaron shares some valuable bits of advice and some deep insights such as the following
0:28.6	It's good to stay alive right you don't want to die
0:31.3	So in the case of Colorado you can fart and start a forest fire
0:35.8	But you have a gas tank and then there's a line that runs out of that and it has fuel in it and it's flammable. I'm like
0:45.1	I would have had a fire going that they would have seen in DC
0:48.6	What is field craft you may ask?
0:51.2	Anytime you mention field craft people immediately thinking snares and eat mushrooms, right? Well, be it norm
0:56.7	Yeah, exactly all those snares and mushrooms are discussed briefly in this podcast the focus is more on what you need to know to survive in a wilderness
1:05.4	survival situation we talk about how to start fires how not to get lost
1:10.3	But also how to handle the situation if you do we talk about
1:14.2	Aaron Ralston and whether you should chop your arm off like heated and if you do how you should do it in a
1:20.0	In a moment of vulnerability I confess that I carry two GPS units to which Aaron has a difficult time not saying something snarky
1:28.1	Hey, I'm easily lost
1:30.5	Of course the podcast would not be complete without a few tangents which this week include discussions about non-hunter's and anti-hunter's photography film and our upcoming hunts this year
1:43.0	If you like the show
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