Folks there are a few types of hunters that I really respect and have learned to

appreciate through the years and decades of backcountry hunting and one of

them is that really driven solo guy who goes whether you can find a friend to go with him or not who is willing to undergo whatever hardship physical or mental as necessary to find and harvest exceptional animals.

And I've got such a man on the phone today.

This is Kurt with Stone Glacier.

He, as I understand it, was the originator of the brand and is currently the lead designer.

Kurt, welcome to the show, my friend.

All right, thank you for having me.

Oh, it's a pleasure.

So for our listeners that aren't real familiar with, well, the Stone Glacier

Brand, I think most people know about, but you and your backstory, do you mind just

kind of telling us your history a little bit?

Oh yeah, you bet. I was born and raised here in Montana and then went to college at Montana State and after I'd

finished up here I moved to Alaska. I got my degree in teaching.

So I had always wanted to experience Alaska,

everything that had.

And so I moved up there and I taught in Alaska for six years

and then moved in working into the power industry on the

north slope so I spent a total of 13 years in Alaska and then after I was married we were looking at starting a family so we want to be

back around our family and so we moved back to Montana and shortly after it started Stone Glacier and we've been here since.

So that's kind of the nuts and bolts of how we've arrived where we're at.

Well, outstanding.

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