#951 - Dan Doty

Dan Doty (0:00)

Changed my life.

Joe Rogan (0:01)

Five, four, three, two, one.

Yes, Dan Doty, yes, we're live. What's up, brother, how are you, man?

Dan Doty (0:11)

Good to see you.

Joe Rogan (0:11)

Good to see you, too, man. So, for people who don't know, I met Dan way back in 2012

That seems like a long time ago now, doesn't it?

Dan Doty (0:19)

It seems like at least half of my life, which is not even close to true.

Joe Rogan (0:23)

Why is that true? I mean, why is it like?

Dan Doty (0:25)

Five years, it was five years ago. Four and a half years ago.

Joe Rogan (0:28)

Well, that was back when it was October of 2012 I thought there was only two months left in the world because I thought the Mayan calendar was correct and it was December 21st, 2012, was going to end the world.

Dan Doty (0:38)

Okay. And so, yeah, so you fucked off and went to Montana to go on a boat ride with us.

Joe Rogan (0:45)

Yeah, we took a canoe down the Missouri River. That was fucking awesome, man.

Dan Doty (0:51)

Wasn't that wild?

Joe Rogan (0:51)

It's one of my favorite trips ever. It was cold, really cold.

Dan Doty (0:55)

Like not fun cold. It was the kind of cold that...

Joe Rogan (0:57)

It sucked, but once you got moving, it was fine, you know? And I learned about merino wool. That was the important lesson, like the first light merino wool.

People don't know, if you're ever in a cold area, it's so important that you have a base layer of merino wool because that shit gets wet and you stay warm. Even if you sweat in it, you stay warm.

Dan Doty (1:18)

And it doesn't stink half as much as the synthetic version.

Joe Rogan (1:21)

Yeah, at all. It's weird, like some people really like synthetics in some weird way.

Dan Doty (1:26)

Have you used them, or did you get, you have?

Joe Rogan (1:28)

I have, I smell terrible.

Dan Doty (1:30)

See, I actually don't care. I like them both, but I just, you know, working with those guys for so long and first light, I got used to it.

I like it, I like it. But I used synthetics for 10 years before that, and I mean, I didn't smell good, but I didn't really care.

Joe Rogan (1:43)

A lot of mountaineering people like some synthetics because they dry quicker.

But I feel like one of the best benefits of the wool is that when it is wet, it still retains your warmth. And I don't mind being a little moist.

Dan Doty (1:55)

Well, the synthetics will keep you warm, too, when they're wet. Just it's a slightly different value. Like cotton will not.

Joe Rogan (2:01)

Right, cotton won't at all.

Dan Doty (2:02)

Cotton will not. But a synthetic like a capillin that Patagonia uses or other things, they also will. They won't kill you.

But yeah, the Merino has some other better qualities.

Joe Rogan (2:13)

Yeah, it's just, well, the stink thing's huge because I fucking smell terrible.

Dan Doty (2:18)

That was a fun trip, man. That was actually the first episode of that show that I fully kind of shot and directed myself. So that was kind of a big stage for me. It was fun. I just basically hung out with Callan in the woods for a week.

Joe Rogan (2:34)

When you have Callan, when Callan has like a captive audience, he's the funniest man alive.

Dan Doty (2:38)

I will never forget a few scenes. I won't share them, but a few scenes from that campfire.

Joe Rogan (2:45)

Do you remember the ravine comer?

Dan Doty (2:48)

I remember him taking a shit, literally 10 feet from our campfire, his ass sticking out.

Joe Rogan (2:53)

And we put a flag in it. I took pictures of it. I have that shit.

And we put an aluminum flag on it and stuck it in there. I've never touched another man's shit other than his.

Dan Doty (3:02)

I tried to set up a hunt for myself last year in the breaks and it just ended up didn't happening, but it's one of my favorite places.

Joe Rogan (3:08)

Oh, it's so lonely out there, but so amazing that the area is so, it's such a perfect place to introduce Callan and I to the world of hunting because it's so wild.

Dan Doty (3:22)

Well, it's multi-faceted too. You have a lot of history there. You have the, you know, it's one of those areas where it's a complete wilderness experience because you're on the water, right? We're not crossing roads. Like we got dropped off at the end of a road and floated to basically the next road down the river, which is a big deal.