Hunt Backcountry Podcast Archive — Backpacking

In this episode, we explain the vision for The Experience Project and how it will change the podcast over the next several months. In addition to the podcast, The Experience Project will include a new website, new video content, new hunt films, and more. Stay tuned for the full launch of The Experience Project.

As a trained engineer and experienced outdoorsman, Rydell Reinbold often modified the gear he used for hunting. Eventually, he founded Aziak Equipment to share his gear designs with other hunters. Rydell joins us on the Hunt Backcountry Podcast to share more of his story, and the backstory behind Aziak's products.

We welcome John Barklow back to the Hunt Backcountry Podcast. This is a wide-ranging conversation, which covers many topics, such as: where technical advancements are stalling and progressing as it relates to hunting clothing, how to pair skills with gear, embracing what you don't know as a hunter, and much more.

Founder & Owner of BackpackingLight.com, Ryan Jordan, joins us on the Hunt Backcountry Podcast to discuss the benefits of a lighter total pack weight for backcountry hunting, the misconceptions about "going light", the differences between gear for a lightweight backpacker and the backcountry hunter, and much more...