MM 167 | Danger vs Discomfort, SOS Cost, K4 Q&A

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports, Sports:wilderness, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Steve & Mark answer your listener questions. They discuss... - How much did Kyle's helicopter rescue cost? (Kyle SOS and rescue story is in Episode 389) - Does the wider K4 Hipbelt cause any pinching or limit mobility? - Where is the line between staying tough and staying safe when solo hunting in difficult conditions? - How is the K4 Load Shelf accessed, and how does it function compared to K3 Packs? - What are some book recommendations for hunting, training, mindset, and becoming a better man in general? (See the links below for some suggestions from Mark.) - What does the "K" in K4 stand for? - How do you change the frame height on the K4 Frame? K4 Updates & Giveaway: https://exomtngear.com/K4 // Mark's Reading Recommendations // There is a lot of variety in this list. Also, there are a lot of good "classics" and currently "popular" books that hunters may like, which Mark did not include, such as those from O'Connor, Rinella, Goggins, Hanes, etc. The goal of this list is to share books that Mark has found helpful on a variety of topics — from hunting, to business, to personal development, to history, and more... - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (https://amzn.to/3EEjKDt) - The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living (https://amzn.to/3IPdiMw) - Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (https://amzn.to/3J00G5n) - Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (https://amzn.to/3StXQIE) - Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It (https://amzn.to/41sfGA3) - Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life (https://amzn.to/3IwwvBh) - Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen (https://amzn.to/3ImfmKg) - Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West (https://amzn.to/3YZPsDq) - The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (https://amzn.to/3YQypUd) - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition (https://amzn.to/3ZlUGt1) - Move Devotional: A Guide for Men to Get Up and Go Forward (https://amzn.to/3Su6Ld7) - A Beast the Color of Winter: The Mountain Goat Observed (https://amzn.to/3Sznxb6) - Life on the Rocks: A Portrait of the American Mountain Goat (https://amzn.to/3knYDP1) - An Archer's Inner Life: A Collection of Essays on the Wood Bow (https://amzn.to/3YXigMB) - Hunting Big Mule Deer: How to Take the Best Buck of Your Life (https://amzn.to/3KAsdLB) - Long Range Shooting Handbook: Complete Beginner's Guide to Long Range Shooting (https://amzn.to/3m6NVwA) - Becoming a Backpack Hunter: A Beginner's Guide to Hunting the Backcountry (https://amzn.to/41sEeJo) - Vintage Hunting Album: A Photographic Collection of Days Gone By (https://amzn.to/3ECz3fQ) - A Hunter's Heart: Honest Essays on Blood Sport (https://amzn.to/3xOmeeD) - Campfires in the Canadian Rockies (https://www.boone-crockett.org/camp-fires-canadian-rockies) Share your question: https://speakpipe.com/huntbackcountry or [email protected] View & Search the Podcast Archive: https://exomtngear.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Steve happy Monday. Hoaryman really good. Yeah, and a blast of a weekend took took kids up to
0:07.3	Horse thief reservoir which north of town about hour and a half and did some ice fishing and
0:13.6	We just had a lot of fun. I'm like the first one my boy got he was real and then it was probably like a 16 inch rainbow
0:19.6	And it just came like flop it out of the hole and scared the crap out of him
0:23.0	I don't know what I was
0:24.3	I think he was just expecting it to be like you know still like 10 feet down
0:27.8	There's something also just what flying out of the out of the hole would
0:32.3	Dude it was hilarious my wife's got it on video. Yeah, that's fun. Yeah, I'll just get the family out fresh fresh air playing in the snow
0:41.0	That was a good day. Nice man
0:44.1	Well listeners if you happen to me new this is our Monday minute episode
0:48.2	So it's a shorter more informal episode where we answer your listener questions
0:52.8	Steve for the past I think to specifically Monday minutes
0:57.8	That you and I have at least been on we've been answering questions specifically about K4
1:03.8	Which are the new pack systems coming out here in about a month and
1:07.5	Today we'll answer a couple more of those but we're mixing in some listener questions as well that are not about K4
1:15.0	So we'll get to some of that but
1:17.6	Through this week is March. It's almost March 1st, which is insane
1:21.8	What's a quick maybe update from you Steve on kind of where things are at with K4 for people who may be wondering just from a timing perspective
1:30.1	Yeah, everything's going really well production is just clipping along. There's this natural
1:35.6	Just the sewers get so ingrained doing the same thing over and over for years anytime you transition
1:41.5	There's just this learning curve that takes place where you know there may be 60% efficient then they're 70 and 80 and then eventually
1:48.6	They get to where they're just cruising and we've kind of finally hit that pace here the last few weeks where things are just really every
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