Episode 1: Taking Congress Camping, Feat. Stacy Bare, Director of Sierra Club Outdoors

In this week’s episode, we welcome Stacy Bare. Stacy is the Director of the Sierra Outdoor Club, a mountaineer, a climber and a skier and one of the most insightful, genuine people, I’ve had the privilege of talking with. Climbing helped Stacy recover from PTS and the re-adjustment issues he faced after a year in Baghdad as a civil affairs team leader in the army. Through the outdoors, he got the support he needed and founded Veterans Expeditions. Later he was recruited by the Sierra Club to lead their military family and veteran efforts, before being promoted to Director of all of the Sierra Club’s outdoor programming. Stacy has won numerous awards, written many articles, has been named a National Geographic Adventurer Of The Year and has also been featured in Climbing Magazine.

Join in as Stacy and I talk about diversity in the outdoors, hippies with rifles, why it’s never too late to start something, and the idea of measuring our lives in sunrises and sunsets. He shares his fascinating perspective on the fishing and hunting industries and may even change some views of the most die-hard vegans. An enlightening and necessary conversation about merging “environmentalism” with recreational outdoor activities, inclusivity and why taking congress camping, could potentially change the world.