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🗓️ 10 February 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Ever hunted in negative 25 degree (C) temps, on 11-foot cross-country skis? Rob Gearing, founder of Spartan Precision Equipment has, and in this episode he shares his most recent adventures. Frostbitten fingertips were the least of the damage; Rob actually experienced frostbite in his shooting eye. Several times he had to personally re-insert a troublesome hernia that popped out while straining to recover and get back upright after a crash in deep, deep powder snow. Yes, Rob's an animal and thrives on type-2 fun.
In this episode, Rob shares survival tips, cold-weather hunting methods, advice for staying mentally focused and having fun even against astronomical odds, and more.
Before closing, we discuss Spartan's new partnership with Primos, and Spartan's new line of precision-shooting products ideal for NRL Hunter competition and front-country hunting, which live under the new Spartan Defense branch of the company.
One other cool thing about this episode: I'm tremendously excited to introduce—in partnership with John Zombro, aka "The Lifetime Athlete" —a brand-new segment titled Backcountry Fitness & Nutrition. Check it out.
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0:00.0 | I've said before if there's a contest for most interesting man in the world my friend Rob Gearing would be a serious contender |
0:07.6 | and I'm sitting down here in my little home recording studio which is just a basement room unfinished currently and |
0:15.2 | Rob sitting across from me we're going to share some stories about Spartan |
0:19.6 | Precision Equipment of course Rob's from the UK and is one of the most adventurous |
0:25.4 | likable chaps I've ever had the pleasure of running into and we've hunted |
0:30.1 | together we've spent some time here and there around the world and he's become one of my very good friends. |
0:35.3 | Rob, thanks for joining me. |
0:36.8 | I'm delighted to be here as ever Joseph. It's always fun. It's always fun to come and see you and your lovely family and I always get very well fed here Joseph |
0:46.7 | Last night we we had |
0:48.9 | Wild turkey tartar that Rob created for us and from Wild turkeys that were shot right here in the local area and some of the moose that my hunting partner Joe Kennedy and I took last fall in Alaska and I must confess to put my own |
1:06.8 | whistle here a little bit that moose was downright edible. |
1:09.3 | It was very very good. |
1:10.9 | Yeah, yeah. |
1:11.9 | Now Spartan precision equipment of course is the outfit that |
1:16.0 | makes the ultra light mountaineering quality bipods and tripods that I'm such a |
1:21.1 | fan of for backcountry and serious mountain hunting. |
1:25.0 | They have some very cool news, a partnership with Primos and a new entirely new division. |
1:34.0 | Exactly. |
1:35.0 | Yep, this geared toward precision shooting and defense. |
1:38.0 | And we're going to talk about those, some of the products, |
1:41.0 | some of the concepts behind them, but first I got to hear a |
1:44.8 | little bit about your recent adventure in the Arctic Rob where did you go and where did you |
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