Adventure Made Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Megan "Belay" Taylor is the owner of Belay Expeditions . She is a mountain climber, long-distance expeditionist, and extreme minimalist. Once entirely nomadic living only on the open road with her bicycle, She now calls Lake City, Colorado home. 

Belay turned full-time entrepreneur at the age of 35 even though her love for the great outdoors has been ironclad since she was 23. Her entrepreneurial endeavors came after the tumultuous yet life-changing decision to exit a life-long career in academia.

Megan lives by and operates BELAY EXPEDITIONS by three values: BE Outside, BE Simple, and BE in Pursuit. She believes these three values coalesce for a life lived better. Hence the BE motto: BE You. Better.

Belay credits her achievements and happy life to these three guiding values and motto.

Quotes:
"Where there is interest there is education"
"If you don't care about something you're not going to preserve it"

Topics Discussed:

• How Megan got into mountain guiding
• How she became an extreme minimalist
• Why she considers her expeditions to be a "journey" 
• Why her nickname "belay" has nothing to do with rock climbing
• How challenging experiences in nature contribute to a higher quality life
• Why she wants to own nothing
• How her personal values of be outside, be simple, be in pursuit affect everything she does
• Why schools should require a field trip to landfills
• Why ecopsychology is so important for us all to understand
• How epigenetics affect people's interest in the outdoors
• Why the best gear makes all the difference in your outdoor experience
• What the "3 day effect is"
• Her required expedition gear
• Why Belay quit social media

Resources Mentioned:

• Belay Expeditions
• Big Agnes Copper Spur tent
• Sea to Summit
• Big Agnes
• Jet Boil
• Patagonia
• Book: Wild New World
• Book: Let My People Go Surfing
• Book: The Man Who Quit Money
• Book: The Outrage Machine

The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!

Paul Lewis is the founder of FHF Gear, a high quality brand of hunting, fishing, and tactical outdoor gear. He is an avid fly fisherman, bow hunter, and retired law enforcement officer and SWAT Team Leader from Bozeman, MT. He has a bachelor of science degree in wildlife management from Montana State University. He started FHF Gear as a side gig by hand making gear for himself, teammates and hunting partners, which eventually turned into a full time business that was recently acquired by Meat Eater.

Quote:

"Always be willing to look at both sides of an opinion"

Topics Discussed:

• How Paul started FHF Gear
• His creative process for gear design
• How they test new gear
• How the company has changed and grown over the years
• What it was like getting acquired by Meat Eater
• Where Paul gets his creative inspiration for new gear
• How their popular bino harness differs from others in the market
• Why conservation is so important
• Paul's thoughts on predator reintroduction 
• Why changing one's mind is a sign of intelligence 
• His craziest adventure flipping a canoe
• Essential gear when venturing into the wilderness

Resources Mentioned: 

• FHF Gear
• Instagram: FHF Gear
• Facebook: FHF Gear
• YouTube: FHF Gear
• Paul's personal Instagram 
• Argali Outdoors
• Seek Outside
• Sparten Precision
• Marsupial Gear
• Weatherby
• FirstLite
• Book: Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
• Book: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
• Book: The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt
• Book: Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage by Dan Crenshaw
• Book: The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
• Book: American Buffalo by Steve Rinella
• Podcast: The Joe Rogan Experience 
• Podcast: Meat Eater
• Podcast: Bear Grease
• Podcast: Andy Frisella

The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!

Wes Siler joins the show for a diverse conversation surrounding  several controversial topics, including population control, the reintroduction of wolves, his war on the NRA, why he hates Toyota Tacomas, and many more. 

Wes is a columnist for Outside Magazine and an adventure travel writer. He is an outdoor adventure subject matter expert on CNN, CBS, ABC, and Fox News. His articles and expertise have been featured in Wired, Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, Outdoor Life, GQ, Road & Track, and Playboy. He is the founder of the motorcycle website Hell for Leather and the outdoors site Indefinitely Wild. 

Wes lives in the mountains of southwest Montana with his wife Virginia and their three rescue dogs. His testicles are the subject of Glenn Beck's most recent book. 

Quotes:

"Less is more."

"Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel."

Topics Discussed:

• How Montana has changed
• Getting into travel writing
• Risk, danger & the outdoors
• Healthcare problems 
• The North American Model for Conservation (hunting)
• The biggest threat to conservation
• Wolves and the reintroduction
• Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
• Anatolian Shepherd
• Hunting bears
• Crossing the Mexican border
• Lessons learned from the outdoors
• Alaskan Caribou hunt
• 6 lbs base pack weight
• Favorite brands
• Truck recommendations 

Resources Mentioned:

• Beyond Clothing
• Sitka Gear
• Fjallraven
• Filson
• Hyperlite Mountain Gear
• Go Fast Campers
• Conrad Anker
• National Rifle Association (NRA)
• Instagram: John Barklow 
• Instagram: Indefinitely Wild
• Outside Magazine
• Wes Siler
• Wes's Newsletter
• Instagram: Wes Siler
• Twitter: Wes Siler 
• Author: Mark Warren

The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!

Daniel Vitalis joins the show for a fascinating conversation about connecting to the natural world through food and how to positively impact our environment, communities, and family by learning practical lessons and outdoor skills to improve our lives in an overly digital and virtual world. The topics covered are broad, ranging from the local food model to Otzi the Iceman.

Daniel is a successful entrepreneur, public speaker, podcaster, writer, lifestyle pioneer, hunting guide, and ancestral living advocate. For ten years he lectured around North America and abroad, offering workshops that helped others lead healthier, more nature-integrated lives. After learning to hunt, fish, and forage as an adult, Daniel created WildFed to inspire others to start a wild-food journey of their own.

Quotes:

"It's just important to do something in nature that isn't mediated through a phone or a computer or some kind of augmented reality device." 

Topics Discussed:

• Growing up in nature
• The local model of food
• Being connected to the landscape 
• Keeping resources in your community
• A global economy
• Ancestral living & Transhumanism
• Living in a virtual world
• The meaning of Rewilding 
• Developing skills
• Orwellian society
• Otzi the Iceman
• A  natural lifestyle & how it's good for the environment 
• Near death experiences in the wild
• Being humbled by nature
• Essential gear

Resources Mentioned:  

• Website: Daniel Vitalis 
• Website: WildFed
• Podcast: WildFed
• Podcast: ReWild Yourself
• Instagram: Daniel Vitalis
• Instagram: WildFed
• Facebook: Daniel Vitalis 
• Facebook: WildFed
• SurThrival 
• Steven Rinella
• WeatherWool
• Boreal Mountain Anoraks
• King of the Mountain
• Pendleton
• GoRuck
• Origin
• Book: Dune
• Book: Nutrition & Physical Degeneration
• Book: Fahrenheit 451

The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!

Derek Wilson is a 5th generation rancher living in Idaho. He’s a former software executive who left everything to rescue his family farm which radically changed his life for the better. He’s the host of the Primal King podcast and a business coach who teaches that anything is possible through the 3 pillars of Liberation, Lifestyle, and Legacy. 

Quotes:

"So much more is lost in being scared than taking courageous action" 

"We live a life by default" 

Topics Discussed:

• Life growing up
• Losing a parent
• Moving to a ranch
• Making tough decisions & creating your path
• From granite showers to not having a kitchen
• Having moments of clarity
• Growing up differently
• Designing the lifestyle you want to have
• Isolation & community 
• Raising kids in the mountains
• Working harder before you can work smarter
• The process of getting "good" at things
• Getting better through struggle
• Managing expectations
• How to reconnect to nature
• Conservation & urban expansion
• Growth - the pros & cons
• Lessons learned from ranching
• Self-sufficiency 
• Business becoming personal
• Grass vs grain-fed beef
• Trust, marriage & taking risks

Resources Mentioned:

• Click Funnels
• Russell Brunson
• Show: Yellowstone 
• Book: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
• Book: Think Bigger 
• Podcast: The Joe Rogan Experience 
• Podcast: Impact Theory
• Podcast: School of Greatness
• Cross O Meats
• Primal King
• Instagram: Primal King

The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!

Jason Holliday is the host of the Harvest Holliday podcast, an amateur ATV racer, competing in 2 hour cross country endurance races at both local and national level.  He is a lifelong  bowhunter for over 30 years, a newbie western archery elk hunter since 2019, and has hunted elk in Colorado that past 3 years. In his day job he is a financial representative dedicated to helping others put a written financial plan together so that they can achieve their long term goals for retirement. 

Quotes: 

"The mountains escalate that feeling of wanting to belong."

Topics Discussed:

• Growing up hunting in Ohio
• Going to Colorado for the first time
• Embracing the sound of silence
• Public land hunting
• Whitetails, Mule Deer & Elk
• Glamorization vs. reality
• Alone in the mountains
• Hauling meat out of the Whitetail woods
• Deer Camp
• Being in the woods at 12 years old
• Threats to wilderness & conservation
• Failing & learning
• The importance of a rangefinder
• Favorite brands
• Essential outdoor gear

Resources Mentioned:

• Website: Harvest Holliday 
• Instagram: Harvest Holliday 
• Sitka Gear
• Kifaru
• Garmin inReach
• Hoyt Bows
• Easton Arrows
• Iron Will Broadheads
• AAE Fletching 
• Instagram: Aron Snyder
• Crispi Boots
• Outdoor Edge 
• Havalon Knives
• Tyto Knives
• OnX Maps
• Lone Wolf Custom Gear
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 
• Leatherman
• Movie: Jeremiah Johnson 
• Movie: A River Runs Through It
• Podcast: KifaruCast
• Podcast: Gladiators Unleashed
• Podcast: Backcountry Rookies
• Book: Where the Red Fern Grows
• Book: Fred Bear’s Field Notes
• Book: The Comfort Crises
• Book: Tough

The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!

Cary Jack is a lifestyle entrepreneur, author, podcast host, professional actor/model, biohacker, eco-warrior, martial artist, humanitarian, and philanthropist striving to make a positive impact on this planet. 

He split time growing up on the beaches of Sarasota, Florida, and in the mountains of Red Lodge, Montana where he first learned the art of a balanced lifestyle. His passions include traveling, martial arts, soccer, entrepreneurship, and selflessly giving.

He is the founder & host of The Happy Hustle Podcast, whose mission is to educate, inspire, and entertain, while reminding you to enjoy the journey, not just the destination, as you Happy Hustle for a life of passion and purpose. 

Quotes:

“I am focused, I am disciplined.” 

"Your environment largely dictates your happiness." 

Topics Discussed:

• Early life & career path
• Balancing responsibilities & being happy
• Soul Mappin’ System:
  • Selfless service
  • Optimized health
  • Unplug digitally
  • Loving relationships
  • Mindful spirituality
  • Abundance Financially
  • Personal development
  • Passionate hobbies
  • Impactful work - what one-word problem do you solve? Who do I solve that problem for? What is your uniqueness & how can you exploit that in the service of others?
  • Nature connection
• Discipline - the cure-all
• Mountains vs beaches
• Digital detoxing
• Conservation issues
• The problem of plastic
• Becoming a conscious consumer
• Hunting & meat procurement
• Encountering a mountain lion 
• Getting a scarf out of a bar fight
• Cary's favorite outdoor gear & brands
• What does success look like for you?

Resources Mentioned:

• Website: The Happy Hustle 
• Website: Cary Jack
• Instagram: Cary Jack
• Twitter: Cary Jack
• Facebook: Cary Jack 
• Facebook: The Happy Hustle 
• Happy Hustle Assessment 
• Sustainable Breakthroughs 
• Ecopreneur 
• Montana Mastermind 
• Book: Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
• Podcast: Entrepreneur on Fire
• Film: Searspiracy
• Wellnesse
• 2% for Conservation 
• 1% for the Planet 
• Trailside Utensil 
• Patagonia
• Carhartt
• The North Face
• Kelty
• Keen Footwear
• 4Ocean
• Tropic Feel

The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!

Rewild Gear co-founders Adam and David host this week's episode of the Adventure Made Podcast. They discuss what it takes to camp with kids, necessary preparations, instilling a love of nature, respecting the outdoors, favorite tips for family camping, and a whole lot more.

Quotes:

"This may not be the most fun for you, but it's going to pay dividends down the road." 

Topics Discussed:

• Camping with kids & preparations 
• Getting kids outdoors
• Activities and nature
• When to introduce fire & knives 
• Respect for firearms
• Fall time & getting outside
• Favorite knives
• Teaching knife safety
• Curiosity - the good & the bad
• Favorite family excursions
• Disconnecting & reconnecting
• How many nights to camp with kids
• Making memories in the outdoors
• Kids, conservation & taking care of our planet 
• Adam & David's Wild Tips for family camping 

Resources Mentioned:

• Kifaru Slick Bag
• Montana Backpacking Trip
• Kids Camp Chairs 
• Episode 16: John Roulac 
• Dakota Fire Hole

The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!

Founder, CEO, and Adventure Made Podcast host Seth Spears does a deep dive solocast about Rewild Gear, the company mission, goals, history, current & future products, and more. 

Quotes:

"Quality over quantity."

Topics Discussed:

• How Rewild Gear got started
• Bringing an idea to life
• Branding & the company name
• Rewilding & changing landscapes
• The definition of "Rewilding."
• Mission & goals 
• The "fire in the belly."
• Our brain as a sponge
• Resetting in nature
• Conservation
• Product line creation & design
• Knife as the first tool

Resources Mentioned:

• Wellnesse
• Blade Show
• Yellowstone Wolf Reintroduction
• The Gasper River
• Granite Creek
• Yellow Stone
• The Gasper 4
• The Granite Grill
• Trailside Utensil
• Tinder Ridge Ferro Rod
• Firelight Bellows
• Mountain Trucker Hat
• Rewild Gear Instagram
• Rewild Gear Facebook
• Rewild Gear Twitter
• Rewild Gear Linkedin

The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!

Joel Runyon is an endurance athlete and entrepreneur. He's the founder of IMPOSSIBLE ®, a performance lifestyle brand dedicated to helping people push their limits and do something impossible. In 2017, Joel became the youngest person to run an ultra marathon on every continent while raising $200k+ for education non-profit initiatives around the world.

Quotes:

"What is the most difficult thing you can do relatively soon?"

"How you do anything is how you do everything."

Topics Discussed:

• Early beginnings of life & entrepreneurship 
• The start of IMPOSSIBLE 
• Getting into endurance racing 
• Not being able to get a job at Starbucks
• Softening failure - good or bad idea?
• The stories we tell ourselves that hold us back 
• Quitting not being an option
• Using commitments to accomplish goals
• Building trust with yourself
• Overriding pain
• Goal setting - the IMPOSSIBLE List
• Finding hard things that are worth doing
• Asking the question - "What would make my life a good story?" 
• Running a marathon on each continent
• Lessons learned from nature & our relationship with it 
• Getting stuck in Doha, Qatar, without a passport 

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: A Million Miles in a 1000 Years - Donald Miller
• Book: Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber - Mark Twight
• Book: Mindset 
• Podcast: Lex Fridman
• Podcast: Michael Malice
• Joel's website
• Joel's Blog
• Joel's Performance Apparel + Supplements
• Joel's Fitness Training
• Joel's Philanthropy
• Joel's Instagram
• Joel's Twitter
• Joel's Facebook
• IMPOSSIBLE Instagram 
• IMPOSSIBLE Twitter 
• IMPOSSIBLE Facebook
• IMPOSSIBLE YouTube
• Camelbak
• Oncloud shoes
• Shot Bloks
• Patagonia
• GORUCK Bags
• Arc'teryx

The Adventure Made Podcast is sponsored by Rewild Gear. Essential gear built for the great outdoors, designed to fuel your next adventure. Come find your wild at RewildGear.com!