Getting to the Top of the Tundra

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"I would have stayed where the plane dropped me off and when it came back, I'd be happy to see him," he says. "You just haven't even identified a target except at one point and it's, it disappears and goes up with the ridge and it's gone" The two-seater planes are about the size of a Snickers bar; they land on the tundra in Alaska. They set up camp then move out from there depending on what was happening with the animals.

Journalist and author Michael Easter talks about his book The Comfort Crisis with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Easter thinks modern life is too easy, too comfortable. To be healthy, he says, we need to move out of our comfort zones and every once in a while try to do something, especially something physically demanding, that we didn't think was possible. Easter discusses rising levels of anxiety and depression in the West and why taking on challenges can be part of the solution.