The Outdoors Does Not Have to Be Uncomfortable - Wes Siler Uncivilize

In this premiere episode of our third (and final!) season, I talk with outdoor adventure journalist extraordinaire Wes Siler, who runs Outside’s lifestyle column IndefinintelyWild. Here, Wes shares his stereotype-defying approach to “rewilding,” including his recent transformation from Angeleno to gun-toting Montanan, why all environmentalists should support hunting, and everything you need to know to recreate his epically cushy camping experience. 

Here’s the run-down:
-On camping: What you’re doing wrong and a camping mattress you can have sex on
-Growing up in North Carolina, France and going to military school in England 
-Why being Bear Grylls sucks
-How to move beyond fear in the outdoors
-How Wes splits his time between work and the wilderness
-The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation
-Hunting, guns and prepping
-Wes’s advice for creating a nature-fueled life
-His upcoming adventure wedding in Baja