#1499 - Aron Snyder

Joe Rogan (0:00)

What's up, brother? Good to see you, man. We finally did this.

Aron Snyder (0:02)

Yeah, yeah, good to see you. I had been pestered about four million times or when you're getting on Rogan's podcast. I'm like, why don't you ask Rogan? I don't know. So when you finally asked, I'm like, woohoo!

I was excited. I feel like I've made it.

Joe Rogan (0:15)

Well, so many people have asked me when I've worn your shirt. People are like, what is this shirt? This rhino shirt, what is that? That's Kifaru, that's your backpack company.

And because I've worn this on the podcast, people are like, well, when are you gonna get Snyder on? When are you gonna get Snyder on?

Aron Snyder (0:30)

Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm sure that probably gets old. I have to respect the amount of people that, how many times have you changed your phone number in the last 10 years?

Joe Rogan (0:37)

Multiple.

Aron Snyder (0:38)

Yeah, I bet.

Joe Rogan (0:39)

Keep it moving.

Aron Snyder (0:39)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:40)

Gotta keep it moving.

Aron Snyder (0:41)

I might have to copy you, and I've got one-tenth of the following you do. I just, it's hard to keep up, and people, I'm surprised how sensitive they get when you don't respond to them, and it's like.

Joe Rogan (0:51)

They get angry.

Aron Snyder (0:52)

Yeah, and I'm like, man, I've had guys like, I know you're not that busy. I'm like, really?

You don't know?

Joe Rogan (0:58)

People get real weird with that kind of stuff when they want something. You know, it's like, there's some people that'll text you, and then if you don't text them right back, they'll send you question marks, like question, question.

Aron Snyder (1:07)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:07)

Come on, man.

Aron Snyder (1:08)

Yeah, it gets, it's weird trying to, little did I know where I would end up in life compared, you know, kind of where I started from, and then now, well, it's funny, my wife, she knew me, and we met in 7 Didn't have a phone, no computer, lived in the woods, slept on a thermo rest air mattress.

Joe Rogan (1:26)

You didn't have a phone or a computer in 07?

Aron Snyder (1:29)

It was bad, I, you know what I think, I might have got a flip phone right around that time frame.

And I was sleeping on a, and this is a no bullshit story, she'll tell you.

I had gotten divorced and I kind of made this, you know, do whatever I got. I wanted to hunt a lot, get out in the woods a lot. So I slept on a thermo rest air mattress in my, you know, you bring chicks over there, like, what the fuck is this? You know, I just had this, you know, 24 inch wide backpacking air mattress. I slept on that and just saved, you know, money for whatever, hunting, getting in and out doors. And then she and I, you know, screw around dated for a while and we were apart for several years. And we got back together.

She's like, who the fuck are you? Like we're in Walmart. They're like, Snyder! And she's like, is that a friend of yours? I'm like, I have no idea who that is. And she, cause she skipped all that time. And then I'm marketing and I wired in all the time. She's like, are you a different person, a different body? Cause I was not different acting. She just, you know, she knew me as the low tech dude that just was anti, you know, anything technology.

Joe Rogan (2:28)

So because of your podcast, like, and that's probably what it, and then Gritty Bowman before that.

Aron Snyder (2:33)

Yeah, yeah, all of that stuff, forums and you know, whatever, all that different stuff just got well known. And then, yeah, went from there.

Joe Rogan (2:41)

Well, that world, that world of outdoor enthusiasts and backpack hunters is such a rabid world. The guys who are really into that, for people who don't understand, it's like if you combined ultra marathon running, rucking and hunting together, it's kind of all those things. Because it's, you know, we've talked about it on the podcast before and I know I've brought you up before, but it's, that world is, it's the combination of athlete, I don't like when people call bow hunting a sport, because I think it's more of a discipline. It's a weird thing to call it a sport, because it's not like there's a game going on. It's, you're hunting an animal. But it's a discipline.

But it also requires athleticism, and requires the kind of workout that, you know, I mean, if you're gonna be able to make it 15 miles into the back country, with a 40 pound pack on, you have to be in insane shape. And you gotta be able to get out with an animal on your back, in multiple trips. It could take you several days.