Ep. 102: El Surpriso: The Grey Ghost

Published: 2018-02-05 16:03:00

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Douglas, AZ- Steven Rinella talks with Ben O'Brien of Yeti and John Snow of Outdoor Life, along with Dirt Myth and Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew.

Subjects Discussed: Listener corrections; Dirt Myth's issues with deodorant, tobacco-free dip, and wrist watches; how Coues deer got their name; Farrah Fawcett, Pamela Anderson, and Coues deer; the Gates Test; feeling deeply uneasy in a foreign country; banana chips, donk, and moose chips; dealing with reticle wobble; figure eights and recoil drift; getting a bunch of Cholla cactus thorns into your hand; the saga of El Surpriso; and more.

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Referenced Books

The Crossing

by Cormac McCarthy

Speaker asks if others have read 'The Crossing by Corny McCarthy' and mentions it's part of the Border Trilogy. The book is referenced while discussing crossing the border into Mexico and the landscape. Speaker recommends reading 'every Cormick McCarthy book you can get your hands on' and mentions finding 'keys to marriage' in McCarthy's work.

Referenced at Unknown (during Mexico border discussion)

Arctic Dreams

by Barry Lopez

Referenced while discussing the difficulty of judging distances in the Mexican desert landscape. Speaker mentions 'Barry Lopez talks about it in the Arctic and Arctic dreams about how distances' work, including a story about a hunter stalking a grizzly that turns out to be a marmot, and someone mistaking a walrus for a headland with glaciers. Used to illustrate how challenging depth perception can be in unfamiliar landscapes.

Referenced at Unknown (during discussion of depth perception)