Adventure Made Podcast
The Adventure Made Podcast is a weekly show capturing the stories and passions of outdoor enthusiasts around camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, backpacking, bush crafting, conservation, and much more.
Host Seth Spears interviews seasoned experts about their most memorable wilderness adventures, favorite gear, professional recommendations, and why spending time in nature is so important for the health of individuals and society.
Rewild Gear was founded by 4 brothers with a passion for the outdoors. We design and build high quality, minimalistic outdoor equipment to help people spend more time in the wilderness so they can reconnect with nature, family, and friends.
Our mission is to protect our public lands and endangered species through conservation, the rejuvenation of depleted soil through regenerative agriculture, and the cleaning up of waterways are common goals we feel everyone should share.
We were made for adventure, and this show will inspire you to get outdoors and reconnect with the wild side burning in all of us!
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Adventure Made Podcast
Ep 17: Brad Brooks on Business, Hunting, & Conservation
Brad Brooks is the owner and General Manager of Argali Outdoors, a backcountry hunting gear, and equipment company. Brad is an adventurer, conservationist, and family man hailing from Boise, ID.
Topics Discussed:
- How Brad stumbled into starting an outdoor equipment company
- His background in environmental economics and working in public lands conservation
- The first backpacking tent bought in high school
- The inner draw to the outdoors
- How being in wild country helps to recenter life
- Brad's interest in business and entrepreneurship from an early age
- The origination of Argali
- Early days of technical clothing
- Calculating risks
- Storytelling about wild places through film
- The importance of timing in life and business
- Family bonds in working together
- The daily struggle of work-life balance
- The importance of being a present father
- Spending 75 nights in a tent per year
- The biggest threats to conservation today
- The effects of westward expansion
- Brad's reflection on death while rock climbing
- Getting lost while hunting at age 15
- Product development and scratching an itch
Quote:
- "The loss of the ability to get lost in wild country is a tragedy."
- "Figure out something that interests you in your life and figure out how to make that your job."
Resources Mentioned:
- Argali
- Argali Instagram
- Wilderness Society
- North Face
- Patagonia
- First Lite
- Sitka
- KUIU
- Sportsman Channel
- Outdoor Channel
- The National Wildlife Federation
- Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
- EXO MTN Gear
- Vortex Optics
- Feathered Friends
- Book: A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
- Book: Rebel Yell - The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
- Author: Terry Tempest Williams
- Podcast: Hidden Brain
- Podcast: The Meateater
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!
