Engearment with Sean Sewell

6th Annual Beacon Bash at Winter Park

In this episode of the Engearment Podcast, I give the history of the Beacon Bash - starting with Will Coleman's vision and the might of Wade Lancaster to create the incredibly helpful fundraising event.  Now in our 6th year - we are formally a non profit (501C3) and are operating on an even higher level with the help of Sean Eno and Weston, Justin Ibarra and Scott Mahoney of Colorado Adventure Guides and Rhema Ward of Women Who Splitboard and Sean Sewell of Engearment.

Working directly with Winter Park Ski Resort to create a very approachable, free event, aimed at educating how an Avy beacon, probe and shovel work, while also allowing advanced backcountry users the opportunities to hone their skills in several beacon parks (operated by Friends of Berthoud Pass, Ortovox and BCA).

With a full on raffle of epic proportions to raise money for Friends of Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Friends of Berthoud Pass, Grand Country Search and Rescue and the Winter Park Dog Rescue Team.  We have several Splitboards from Arbor, Weston and Venture. Clothing from Arcteryx.  Goggles from Zeal.  Education packages from CAG.  Ski racks from Yakima.  Backpacks from Gregory.  And dozens more prizes you can win.  All money going to the non profits.  

https://www.beaconbash.org/

The 2023 Engearment Holiday Gift Guide is here! 

In this episode, I go over each of the items we have listed in our annual gift guide and why we chose them.  Each item also has a detailed video and or written review to show you how the gear works and the clothes fit.  This is not some sponsored gift guide or a lazy list of affialte links.  This is months of testing and recommendations from the Engearment Team!

https://engearment.com/holiday-gift-guide-2023-the-very-best-outdoor-gear/

StrongFirst Teachers of Strength. Pavel, Brett Jones, Beacon Bash Update

I had the amazing opportunity to work with Pavel, Brett Jones, Fabio, Analisa Naldi, Yoana Teran, and Doc Hartle this last weekend for the StrongFirst Teachers of Strength meeting and the Programming Demystified Seminar.  I got to provide the audio and video for the international event and host the Zoom meeting with over 100 students all around the world! Quite an honor!

Pavel then handed me his newest book - Kettlebell Axe.

Beacon Bash - I just had a meeting with Gore-Tex, MSR, Thermarest, Gregory Backpacks and some other awesome brands that are going to offering some really nice raffle prizes for the upcoming Beacon Bash at Winter Park (12/2/23).

Beacon Bash - https://www.beaconbash.org/

Lots to cover!

Doc Hartle Master StrongFirst Instructor - New Book - Kettlebell Strength Training Anatomy

Doc joins the Engearment Podcast to talk about his new book

https://amzn.to/3ruZOzG

And upcoming certifications:

Learn more about Doc Hartle:

https://linktr.ee/drmichaelhartle

Engearment Podcast - 6th Annual Beacon Bash, StrongFirst Events

We are beginning planning for the 6th annual Beacon Bash at Winter Park. What is the Beacon Bash? It is a free event we host each year that is a great resource on practicing beacon skills, learning new ones and meeting new people. We will also be hosting the big raffle (with LOTS of great gear!) raising money for CAIC.

Upcoming StrongFirst seminars and events.

Engearment Podcast onX New Features - Recent Imagery and more

Brian Riordan of onX goes over some of the very helpful new features on the onX apps (Hunt, Off-Road, and Backcountry). One of the features is the ability to see the last two weeks of imagery so you can see how the conditions are before you head out on the adventure.

He shows us how to navigate the app and utilize many new features.

onX - https://snp.link/54350f4c

Engearment Podcast - Backpacking with MSR, Thermarest, CNN, Backpacker and post OMA

We just did a backpacking trip with a small group of media (CNN, Backpacker, Gear Junkie, Fat Man Little Trail) and tested out upcoming gear from MSR, Thermarest, Gregory, Platypus, Pack Towel, Royal Robbins and Adventure Wagon. So fun!

Last week we had OMA and meetings with over 50 companies. Wil and Cai Rickards, Michael Clemente, Steve Starks and Ryan Humphries have interviews up on the meetings.

Kate Agathon and Paul share their reviews on biking gear.

Derek Toshner goes over the gear he used on Denali.

https://fatmanlittletrail.com

Engearment Podcast - Talking about Natural Movement with Christopher McDougall, Eric Orton (Born to Run 2), and Stephen Sashen (Xero Shoes).

What is Natural Movement? Why is it important? What are some of the obstacles to it becoming mainstream? Sean & Wil talk to our three guests about these topics and more.

02:02 - Stephen Sashen Intro

03:14 - Eric Orton Intro

04:27 - Christopher McDougall Intro

07:44 - Brief introduction to Natural Movement and its conflict with industry

09:21 - "All on fire with passion."

09:56 - Scene setting quote from Born to Run about running and love followed by Chris' response 1

4:05 - Eric - Joy and the love of running

16:24 - Stephen - Sprinting, smiling, and kids running

18:44 - Chris - Alone, smiling, and Stephen finding joy in responding to natural movement nay-sayers

19:51 - Stephen - Motivation, intellectual dishonesty, and responding positively.

21:10 - Cognitive dissonance

25:30 - Coaching and dissociation

28:15 - The Natural Movement mission?

29:20 - Chris - The Born to Run experience and its resulting motivation

32:40 - Stephen - Born to Run and its resulting motivation

37:30 - Chris - Xero shoes

39:38 - Stephen - Xero shoes and the unofficial marketing department

40:50 - Born to Run 2

52:20 - Sociable running

58:15 - Wil's challenge to Chris, Eric & Stephen

60:15 - Thank you

Links: Born to Run - Chris - https://www.chrismcdougall.com/born-to-run/

Born to Run 2 - Chris & Eric - https://borntorun.world

Natural Born Heroes - Chris - https://www.chrismcdougall.com/buy-natural-born-heroes-from-these-sellers/

The Cool Impossible - Eric - http://www.ericorton.com/page/the-cool-impossible

Xero Shoes - Stephen - https://xeroshoes.com

Live From Jones Pass - Beacon Bash, OMA, Backpacking with ThermaRest, StrongFirst Events

Its another live episode shot at Jones Pass and uploaded via Starlink.

We just had a StrongFirst Foundations course at our gym (Axistence Athletics) hosted buy Anilisa and Maggie Burrows. We will have more StrongFirst events each month in 2023.

Next month is is the SFL with my friend and mentor Doc Hartle, then the All Terrain Conditioning course with our colleague and fellow Engearment writer (who just did Denali!) Derek Toshner.

Then we head to Phoenix to host the Teachers of Strength and then the Programing Demystified seminar with Hector, Fabio and Pavel!

Next week we have the big OMA event and meetings with - Arcteryx, EXPED, MSR, Thermarest, Outdoor Research, Gregory, KUHL, Osprey, Chaco, Scarpa, La Sportiva, Lifestraw, Gore-Tex, Rossi, Lowa, Black Diamond, Ortleib, Ortovox, Dieter, Sierra Design and dozens more.

The following week we are going on a backpacking trip with half of these brands to test out Spring 2024 gear too!

December 2, 2023 we will be hosting the 6th annual Beacon Bash at Winter Park ski resort. Stay tuned for more info on that!

Just was asked by YouTube to test out some new software and also help GoPro with their new tech.  Lots going on!