10. Prioritizing Experience and Place Over Equipment and Possessions with Daniel Ritz

How can we shift our mindset to focus more on the outdoor experience and less on the equipment it takes to get us there?

In episode 10, we explore what it means to have a sense of place and to truly experience your time outside. To help me explore these ideas and how to apply this mindset shift, I had the pleasure of talking with Daniel Ritz. 

Daniel A. Ritz, is an outdoor journalist and writer based in Boise, Idaho. Ritz's work has been published by Trout Unlimited, Orvis, Western Native Trout Initiative, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Outdoor Idaho Magazine, Alaska Sporting Journal, Fish Alaska Magazine and Visit Idaho: Idaho Department of Tourism.

His editorial focus is contemporary issues regarding conservation, the environment, outdoor recreation, and legislation.

Most recently, Ritz created a 40-part series sharing the experience of his Western Native Trout Challenge that was published by Trout Unlimited, Orvis and Western Native Trout Initiative, and Montana Fly Company. In it, he wrote personal experience-based essays and natural history and science-based "Species Profiles" for each of the 20 available native trout and char species of the Western 12 states of the United States.

Currently, Ritz volunteers as the communications coordinator for the Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Idaho Backcountry Hunters and Anglers.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ritz graduated in 2009 from Salisbury University on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with Bachelor's Degrees in Journalism and Philosophy. He resides in Boise with his partner Holly, their Wirehaired Pointing Griffon named Trout, and an oversized cat named Julio.

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OTHER EPISODE RESOURCES:

https://www.inc.com/anne-gherini/cash-in-on-experience-economy.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/05/millennials-are-prioritizing-experiences-over-stuff.html