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."
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