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 39: Jordan Jonas on Wilderness Adventure & Winning Alone
Jordan Jonas shares his experience on the survival reality TV show Alone. He gives a firsthand look at his life, telling stories of hitching train rides and befriending hobos, living in Siberia, falling through ice, and how his many life experiences prepared him for the outdoors and have contributed to his success.
Jordan is a Wilderness Living & Self-Reliance Expert and the Winner of Season 6 of the History Channel's popular survival reality show, Alone. He grew up in the mountains of Idaho, and as a young adult, he spent a year riding freight trains across the US, where he learned to navigate both rural and urban environments.
Jordan spent ten years in Siberia, where he lived with fur trappers and traditional nomadic reindeer herders, which is where he learned the art of primitive survival. During his time on Alone, he spent 77 days in the Arctic while also successfully hunting a bull moose, a wolverine, dozens of rabbits, squirrels, grouse, and numerous fish that he survived on.
Quotes:
"Take the time to think deeply about what matters to you and organize your life around that."
Topics Discussed:
- The mindset required for Alone
- Confronting inner turmoil before going into the wild
- 77 days in the wilderness
- Focusing on the "present" rather than worrying about the future
- Growing up on a farm
- Hitchhiking & Hobos
- Waiting on trains & entertaining yourself
- Living in Siberia & fur trapping
- The "Old Believers"
- Preparing for Alone
- Snaring Groundhogs
- Hunting for meat
- How life has changed after winning Alone
- Jordan's wilderness school
- Conservation thoughts
- Life lessons from the outdoors
- Falling through the ice in Siberia
- Essential gear for the outdoors
Resources Mentioned:
- Website: Jordan Jonas
- Instagram: Jordan Jonas
- Facebook: Jordan Jonas
- YouTube: Jordan Jonas
- Documentary: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
- Book: The Gulag Archipelago
- Podcast: Hardcore History
- Podcast: The Fall of Civilization
- Kifaru
- Sitka
- Kryptek
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!
