Adventure Made Podcast

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!

Tim Corcoran is the founder of Purpose Mountain, where he offers Nature-Based Purpose Guidance to support people with a love for wild nature who feel a deep yearning to discover their purpose. Tim also serves as co-Director of Twin Eagles Wilderness School, an organization he co-founded with his wife, Jeannine Tidwell, in Sandpoint, Idaho, in 2005, dedicated to facilitating deep nature connection mentoring, cultural restoration, and inner tracking.

A leader of vision quests, holistic rites of passage, and men's groups, Tim has been facilitating spiritual initiations in the wilderness since 1999. Healing the cultural rift between the mainstream and indigenous cultures, transformational consciousness work, the spiritual journey, ancestral work, deep nature connection, family, and health are all deep commitments in his life. Tim is a heart-centered father of two brilliant sons and husband to a magnificent wife, and lives in pristine Sandpoint, Idaho.

Quotes:

"A healthy connection to nature is essential for us as human beings." 

"We can't be in the container and be the container at the same time."

Topics Discussed:

• Being in the woods as a child
• Finding one's purpose in life
• Embracing sensitivity
• The "sacred wound" becoming the "sacred gift"
• The importance of being connected to the earth
• Experiencing inner peace
• Assessing life & leaving a legacy
• Discovering our gifts and serving others
• Vision Quest & its purpose
• Transitioning from childhood to adulthood
• Utilizing mentors
• Transformations & integrations
• Facing jealousy, abuse & bullying 
• The journey of fatherhood
• The idea of "getting back to nature"
• Living in an urban environment
• Community being artificially manufactured
• Learning to deal with conflict 

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: Black Elk Speaks
• Purpose Mountain 
• Twin Eagles Wilderness School

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!

Arthur Haines is a hunting and recreation guide, forager, ancestral skills mentor, author, public speaker, and botanical researcher. He grew up in the western mountains of Maine, a rural area that was home to swift streams known for their trout fishing. He spent most of his childhood in the Sandy River Valley hiking, tracking, and foraging. 

Arthur now runs the Delta Institute of Natural History in Canton, Maine, where he teaches human ecology, focusing on the values of foraging, wildcrafting medicine, and primitive living skills. He continues to spend a great deal of his free time practicing his skills as a modern hunter-gatherer. 

In 2017, he authored "A New Path", a comprehensive work on nature connection and rewilding, detailing how to incorporate ancestral practices into modern living. As a research botanist for the Native Plant Trust, he completed an inclusive flora of the New England region titled "Flora Novae Angliae" and has authored over twenty publications in peer-reviewed journals and books, including naming species of plants new to science. His series of YouTube videos has inspired thousands of people interested in foraging wild edible and medicinal plants. 

Quotes:

"Don't jump to a solution."

"There's consequences to people going into the wilderness, but there is greater consequence to people staying in the city." 

Topics Discussed:

• Definition of a hunter-gatherer 
• The progress culture
• The four C's:
  • Comfort
  • Convenience 
  • Class
  • Culpability
• Arthur's upbringing & the wilderness
• Using grief as a motivator
• The loss of various species
• Soil depletion
• Thoughts on war, famine & pestilence
•  The waning number of hunters
• Rewilding our lands & wilderness degradation 
• Conserve & not preserve
• Rewilding in the East vs. the West
• Becoming apathetic toward the outdoors
• European vs. American mindset on building things 
• The importance of leisure
• Ancestral foods 
• The three sisters: corn, squash & beans 
• Chronic disease & wild foods
• Fire & its effect on civilization

Resources Mentioned:

• Website: Arthur Haines
• Book: A New Path
• Books: Tom Brown Jr
• TED Talk: What's Wrong with our Conservation Paradigm 
• Facebook: Arthur Haines 
• Community Facebook Page: Wilder Waters Community
• Podcast: ReWild Yourself
• Podcast: Wellness Mama
• Podcast: WildFed

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!