Find The Passion That Makes You Alive - Adam Hoyt (ActiveCast)

This is the next episode of our ActiveCast series where I have the opportunity to go and hike on top of Bald Mountain in Utah with Adam Hoyt, who is an outdoor enthusiast, entrepreneur and attorney. We had some great cinematography and enjoyed a beautiful sunset sitting there on top of Bald Mountain in Utah. He explains how the outdoors has helped save his life, and that it is his sanctuary where he goes and reconnects with himself, where he taps into his spirituality, where he heals, grows, learns, and develops and cultivates creativity, such as this new venture he has launched called Outdoorgasm. With Outdoorgasm, he is trying to get other people outdoors so that they can go out and have an amazing experience and connect with themselves spiritually, physically, cognitively and help someone heal and grow.

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Transcript

Intro

Hello, friends. Thanks for tuning into another episode of The Success Factor. I'm your host, Trent Christensen. This is another one of our active cast series where I have the opportunity to go and hike on top of Bald Mountain in Utah with Adam Hoyt, who we had some great discussions with. We had some great cinematography, shooting, and shots, and beautiful sunset sitting there on top of Bald Mountain at 11,009.

Feet, elevation, and we watched the sunset. It was just amazing. He began to explain how outdoors has helped save his life, and that is his sanctuary where he goes and reconnects with himself, where he taps into his spirituality, where he heals, grows, learns, and develops and cultivates creativity, such as this new venture he has launched called Outdoor Gasm.

Where he is trying to get other people outdoors so that they can go out and have an amazing experience and connect with themselves spiritually, physically, cognitively, any way you wanna look at it, where it can help someone heal and grow. This episode was amazing. We had to hike up 8,000 foot elevation up to 11,900 foot elevation.

It was so rewarding and we deployed the drone, got some great footage. It was a lot of fun. It was special to me. It was really nice to hear from Adam and. Some of his struggles in life and how he's overcome them. And part of that is going outdoors and being able to connect and heal. He had some great insights and success factors that you can extrapolate and incorporate into your life on how you can overcome your own challenges.

And you can find your passion, your mission in life, and you can align that into your dreams and visions and help shape them as you put forth hard effort and some creativity, some healing. And so without further a. Check out the episode. Thank you, 

Guest Intro

Adam. What's up man? How you doing? 

Doing pretty good. It's good to see you.

Yeah. Thanks. 

Thanks for hauling my, my butt up here on this mountain today, . 

Yeah. Glad you could come to my church. This is quite the church. My holy ground. I would say this 

is part just the best holy grounds I've been to. 

Yeah, it's uh, it's one of my, I, I consider it my spiritual healing mountain. I've done a lot of healing.

Through the years and, uh, dealing with traumas and stuff like that. Just come up here and come up here alone and watch a sunset and, uh, yeah, just, just get in touch with, with Mother Earth. Yeah. That's so cool. 

Dude. This is probably the best place to do that, that I've personally ever been to. I mean, we're sitting at, what, like 11, 12,000 Baldy or bald?

Bald mountain, bald mountain in the, how you went as. . 

It's just incredible. Everywhere you look on this mountain, you have a view. There's nothing obstructing your view, and it's just serene. It's quiet, it's peaceful, it's amazing. Oh yeah. What got you into coming outdoors to connect with yourself and connect with your spiritual side?

Passion for Outdoors and How it Helps Him Heal Spiritually

What, what got you into this? Where where'd your passion come from? 

I don't know, actually. Um, I was just always drawn to the outdoors, being alone. Um, I find that I've always found from a young age that I recharge my batteries by escaping the city, escaping people, and spending time by myself and just, you know, just me, my thoughts and, and I always just felt a connection where, I don't know, it's like a spiritual connection.

And in fact, uh, your brother and I, Ryan, Started that outdoor journey pretty much together for really, you know, gaining a love for the outdoors. Yeah. Yeah. Ryan and I, from an early age, your dad would take us out to Joshua Tree and then, uh, you know, obviously when we could start driving ourselves, we'd go out there and, and do that and, uh, go backpack camp in Joshua Tree, growing up in Southern California.

And then, uh, I, I've just always been drawn to the outdoors. It's, uh, It really is my church. It's, it's, uh, just where I commune. Yeah. Yeah. 

It's, it's interesting, like Ryan has always told me when I have stressful moments too, to get outside, go outdoor, go out, go outdoors and go hike, but. It's something that I personally haven't like connected with or found that as my sanctuary.

Has that for you, evolved over time and become more and more, um, prevalent or more and more like impactful to your healing? Or did it happen early on and you're chasing that feeling from a early on age? Like what is it? 

Uh, well, growing up I grew up in a religious household. I'm not religious anymore, but, um, I went out to the desert to seek answers.

That's where I went, you know, by myself. I remember, you know, when most people in high school, when most teenagers out partying and, and everything, and again, I had my fresh air partying, but I, I was odd in that I would ditch school to drive to Josh, retrieve by myself and go camp backpack for a night in ditch school when I was 18 and I could write my own sick notes.

Please excuse. He's sick, signed Adam and I, you know, my parents lived in Texas. I stayed in California, graduate with my friends. But yeah, I would just stitch and drive out to the desert by myself and in camp. And I have found through the years that so many people, especially in this day and age, are afraid to be alone.

Yeah. Um, they're afraid of the quiet. And to me, uh, I feel like when I'm not in that quiet, I'm, I'm running from something, you know? Uh, and part of my story is addiction and alcoholism and, you know, that was, that was an escape. . And you know, I think when we can't ever be alone, we have to be in activities and always in social events, that's in another escape, you know, And I have found that some of the biggest, the best healing I've done is alone.

Um, because it, it forces me to go inward and to face my demons and, and to, you know, work on the things that I need to work on rather than running from it, because I can, I can. In the city, you know, always running. If I'm never spent a minute alone or, or even if I am alone, if I'm preoccupied on, on, you know, social media or whatever and not taking a break, I'm running from something.

And so I have found really important to where it's not just something I required myself to do, but it's a passion I have is. Get out there. So 90% of the things I, I'm adventuring about every week. But yeah, 90% of the time I'm alone. Um, not that I don't enjoy company, but I find that the best spiritual experiences I ever have are alone.

Um, when I'm, you know, on a. A setting like this, watching the sunset, and uh, just, just going inward. I mean, it sometimes brings me to tears of joy and it's just this power and this feeling that I can't describe and, you know, I don't want to try to put a name on what it is. Some people would call it God.

Some people I, you know, I just like to just know it is, it's the feeling I can feel and I know how to get it and I chase 

His Struggles with Addiction, Personal Trauma and Rock Bottom

it. That is incredible. How are you doing today with like your addiction, uh, history, and you know what, like how, how do you fight those demons or those urges on a daily basis if you're not outside and outdoors?

Yeah, so I was, uh, I started drinking, um, upset or, uh, compulsively. I was late twenties. And, uh, I just, I was in law school, got offered a, a position with a great law firm for when I graduated and they said, you know, enjoy your last year of law school because your life's over when you can join us. They required a ton of billable hours and, and so I picked up alcohol and I was a closet drinker.

And, uh, I mean, it led to, by the time I graduated law school, it was about a fifth of vodka night and I was still functioning. Still getting up. Never touched, never did morning drinking. I thought there was no way I'd ever do that. Anyway through, after I start my career, it was like a, a, a daily thing on my drive home.

I'd pick up some vodka and, and, you know, start the night and just keep a casual buzz through the night. Never got sloppy or anything. No one actually knew I was drinking. I was able to keep a, a, you know, you know, appearances. Anyway, through some traumatic events that happened in my life. I'm an alpine mountaineer.

I climb snow covered mountains, all, you know, all over. I, uh, it's a, it's a pretty crazy story, but a nutshell, I lost my best friend on an, uh, a climb, uh, in an avalanche. Who were you with? I blamed myself. What were you with him? I planned it. I canceled on him. Well, I, I lived in Dallas. I had just gotten back from Peru, climbing in the Andes down there and, I got, he lives in, lived in Utah.

I said, Hey, I'm gonna be there for Christmas and New Year's. Let's, uh, let's climb, uh, tempos on New Year's Eve. And, uh, and so, When I flew in, the weather looked horrible. It was warmer, so snow was getting a little soft, and then a cold front blizzard was coming in and, and he wanted to do the North face, the Aspen Gro side, which is just this big avalanche bowl.

And I was looking at the conditions. I said, Hey, I, I don't feel comfortable with that route. The avalanche conditions are horrible right now. And he said, No, I want to do that side. I said, Let's do the Southwest side, the Everest Ridge it. It's a less avalanche danger. And he's like, No, I feel comfortable with Aspen Grove.

And for four nights in a row, I try to convince him not to do I I, I'm like, Let's do the other route. I don't feel comfortable with it. And so the night before we're supposed to leave the night before New Year's Eve, I said, Hey, I know I plan this trip, but I'm gonna have to cancel on. I'm doing the other route cuz I do not feel comfortable because of the avalanche conditions.

And he, my last words were to him, I said, I hope this isn't a life and death decision. I don't wanna see you on the news tomorrow night. And so he did a 6:00 AM start on near Eve. I was gonna do an evening climb. And so I was packing my gear about 5:00 PM and my parents were in town in Utah at, at their mountain house.

And my dad called me and said, Hey, turn on the news. Marshall's missing in an avalanche. How did you feel 

when you first heard that news? What, like what shot, what emotional state were you in? 

You know, I, I blamed myself for a while because I planned it, you know, But his wife was a sweetheart cuz she, I, she could sense that.

Was beating myself up over, and I'm sorry to hear that. Oh, yeah. No, I mean, it was, it, I've had a lot of time to process it and grieve it, but, um, then I became a binge drinker to where I couldn't never maintain just drinking in the evenings, because if I drink in the evenings, I'm drinking the next morning.

Anyway, I got to a place where I felt like I would never be able to get sober. I tried, you know, Oh, right after my, my buddy died, my. First wife left me. It was, it was pretty rough year. Yeah. And, uh, I've had mini rock Bon . Trust me, I, I've done it all. I, I have to experience it all. Yeah. To learn from it. I am a hard learner.

I have to, I I've experienced the worst. Hell yeah. Ever. You know, most, most of it's self-induced, Some not. But like, I mean, just to sum it up, that was 2000. I spent three years struggling trying to get sober. Then just, just accepting the fact I never will be, and that I'll be, I'll have these stints of sobriety go on this bender and, you know, wreck havoc.

And then I had a bottom. I had, I mean, it's very personal, but it's, it's my story. I, I, I had a dui, uh, camping with my kids. Oh, and that, It was pretty traumatic for me and for them. Were you, were you the only adult there? Did you Yeah, I was the only adult. So, So the CPS have to, I was in Montana. Yeah. This was, uh, 2010 and, uh, Wow.

Okay. Anyway, that, I mean, I couldn't even talk about that for years. Wow. Cause it was too sensitive to talk about, but like, but you know what, I thank the cop that arrested me sometime later when I was sober and you. Like you saved my life and my kids and whom ever else, you know? And, and that wasn't my last drink.

It took a few more months, but I had this moment where, of clarity, where I fell to my knees and, and not in a religious sense, but in a surrender. I just, I fell to my knees and I was like, I give up. Like I can't, I, I don't want to do this. And it's not like I didn't want to get sober before. Once you pick up that, once you choose that first string, you, you lose all power of choice.

I had this, this moment of just true surrender, following to my knees, metaphorically and physically, and I checked into a rehab, which would like the fourth rehab I had been to at this point. Wow. Okay. And that was September 28th, 2010. And, I got sober. Life became amazing, better than I ever thought I ever could be.

Mm-hmm. , and, uh, met, uh, my next wife in, in sobriety, got married, had two amazing children. I was sober for seven years, but I allowed complacency to, uh, Creep into my life cuz things were good. Yeah. You know, didn't have any temptations to drink. Do any of those things. And you get comfortable and then you're like, I can 

handle 

one.

How His Passion and Spiritual Connection to the Outdoors Has Shaped Him

Life is great. I had an amazing family life. I loved it. I loved coming home every evening to my kids playing in the yard and you know them all excited when I pull into the driveway. I wasn't working on the spiritual aspect of my life because it is imperative for me to stay sober. I, There's, there's huge secondary benefits to it, but the, but my medicine is a spiritual connection and, and being in touch with that, when I start to lose that I'm in danger.

Yeah. And that's why we're here. I mean, this is, this, this is what keeps me alive. This is your sanctuary. Physically, spiritually, emotionally. I, I allowed complacency to come in and I was not ready for. Life on life's terms. I was shocked and, and just how quickly I became happy. For me, this isn't, this is like essential for, for not only staying sober, but having pa I mean, I'm a very passionate person and, and I think my opinion is if you want to be happy in life, you need to find passion.

You have. I'm clearly passionate about outdoor stuff, just being out here, but someone can still feel what I feel doing something else. You know what I mean? Absolutely. I don't have to do this. Totally. But find the passion that, that makes you alive. So like, Well, and 

your passion has taken you to the next stage of your life, which through all of these downs and all these experiences that you've, you've had and the, the learning opportunities you've had, and that has helped shape you.

Turning Passion into a Business by starting Outdoorgasm

You now on the cusp of. A pretty amazing idea that's gonna impact a lot of other people that are struggling, but also find the joy and the spiritual connection being outdoors. And why don't you talk about that? What's, Yeah, what's, let's, let's reveal your company that you're 

starting . There is a, anyone who know, anyone who, who not everyone has this kind of passion and, and feel it as intensely.

Um, and I don't expect everyone would, but like I. I was, you know, just contemplating like how I feel out here and, and my, my photography, trying to capture those moments and, and feelings that at best I can through picture for him. But I'm like, how do I describe what I feel when I'm out there? Do this, and I'm like, The best word I can describe is an outdoor gasm.

It's a, it's a cl funny 

of your outdoor, spiritual, interpersonal connection. In my eyes it is. It's like a, a peaking moment where you have that 

connection, right? Well, yeah. It's outdoor Gasm. Reach your peak. Reach your peak. So you got the, the, the sexual double on to, but, but really the concept behind it is spiritual nature and how I define outdoor gasm.

And so I was one, I, when that popped into my head, I'm like, surely that name is taken. Surely someone has, has you. Done a concept based on the end and no one had . So within an hour I had a trademark application in bought domain name and uh, so yeah, and how I define outdoor gasm in just simple terms is a unification of mind, body, spirit in the outdoors.

So an extreme emotional response in the outdoors, the unification of the space, What you experienced 

three weeks after that. 

Yeah, when I was here. You got the physical working. Yes. Getting the endorphins going. You got, you know, you know, uh, emotional clarity, where you're at peace. Um, spiritual connectedness and, and man, when those three together.

Yeah. Um, in a place like this, like. I, I'll re I'll always remember the first time I felt it. I was like 17 out in Joshua, retrieve by myself and . And so, yeah. So anyway, I, I'm like, there are so many cool things we can do with this 

concept. Well, and so many people you can touch too, man. Like, think about how many people go outdoors to have a similar experience.

Yeah. But maybe don't call it the same thing and they're lacking that structure or. Concept around it and yeah, all the stories that you can share and even this message that you're, you're putting out there, there's a lot of people that have similar struggles in life that really can benefit by getting outdoors, having the outdoor 

gasm experience.

Yeah. Go out, make a challenge, even if it's just a quick day hike or something. Try it.

So outdoor gasm, I want you to tell me what is it gonna do? 

The message really is the message, the concept, the inspiration behind it is really, it will be an apparel company. So we're gonna have like outdoor outerwear. Yeah, apparel, like high end. Um, active wear for outdoor, um, you know, like, you know, things like this and like 

highend quality clothing.

Yeah. Not just t-shirts. We're talking like clothes you can go out and do a hike 

with and candy. Oh, canyoning and stuff and, and, um, and, you know, water bottles and, and stuff like that. We're going to have a percentage of each sale go to nonprofit. Which nonprofit 

have you decided 

to? Uh, we want to do a list.

The customer gets to select which one. Oh. When they. 

They could purchase it when they purchase and they check out, they can choose which nonprofit. That's cool. I 

like that. So, but in a nutshell, there's, there's a lot of things we're gonna be doing. , we're gonna have like weekly competitions, you know, with an online, uh, social media presence.

Show us your outdoor gasm. Yeah. You know, a chance for someone to show off, right? Yeah. They're, you know, a, a picture like this, right? Yeah. Of this sunset or skydiving or doing something outdoors. And we'll pick up winter each week, give 'em free swag or whatever. 

Why don't you guys get a film crew with audio, video, multiple camera angles.

And actually produce episodes that you could put on YouTube podcast. Your own channel, your own platform. Yeah. Multicast it. And then allow people to go and watch those, to get inspiration ideas and also get to know your team and connect with you. Yeah. Yeah. We're 

gonna be, Yeah, the, you know, travel logs pretty much all of our expeditions and, and we want to give it an opportunity through, you know, competition wherever for a couple people a year or, or even more than that, to go join our expedition team for, you know, when we go to Antarctica or something.

That's, that's, And so, yeah, I, I, I run with a very adventurous crew. We're, we're doing at least three adventures a month and, uh, And not just local, like, you know, travel and so, Yeah. You know, but we want people to be able to get inspired, see the site, see the, you know, where, where's the team at this month, you know?

Yeah. And, and give others a chance to win, you know, try to, or come join us. Mm-hmm. , you know, and, but really it's for inspiration, you know? I mean, because I'm very passionate about this idea. 

Yeah. I can tell. And why you have a huge history leading up to this moment because it's my life. You've connected, it has saved you in.

It. 

Oh, it, it, it certainly has saved me. I mean, um, it, uh, yeah, it, uh, I'm very passionate about it, about the message. I, I mean, I don't really, there's no way I would just go start an apparel company. Yeah. That, to me, there's no passion behind that for me. Yeah. That'd be boring. Yeah. But because of the message behind it, it's kind of like a two full benefit.

Right. The message and Ed educating people about. Oh wow. Look at that now. Um, that is incredible. It 

just went below that. Yeah, that ridge 

dark red. Um, but educating them, get them inspired to go feel this. Like, I want, I wish everyone can feel this. Right? It's amazing. And, and you can't, you can't just feel this just coming up here and sitting and doing this.

No, you gotta be in the right mind. You gotta. You, there's a lot you have to do to prepare yourself, and that's why, you know, we feel like it's a unification of the mind, body, spirit. You gotta have all three working together to feel this extreme emotional response that I'm super passionate about and, and want others to feel it.

You know? Yeah. Look at me. I'm testifying. , you're test, you're preparing your testimony. I love it. I can feel it. No, I, Yeah, I'm very, there's a lot of passion behind it, so I'm excited about it. It's, it's just, we haven't even launched yet, but we've got our logo. Finally selected after we had like 2000, I ran a competition and like 2000 submissions and finally found one I feel really good about.

Um, so yeah, we have a lot of cool things and ideas associated with that. Were getting, getting the community involved, you know, you know, come play with us, you know, and, uh, you know, I want to be available to take people. I, I love be bringing people. You know, this is, this is a very doable one. Could you, This isn't like one of my extreme ones.

It takes like 12 hours. This is doable and it's like if you really want to feel just a tiny portion of what you can, Yeah. Let me take you up here. Have 

you all, have you thought about maybe having an additional potential revenue source? Not like you're looking to get rich, but make it so that cover your expenses.

It makes it. Worth your while, but what if you take either one on one or small groups out to specific locations and you help guide them, but also educate, consult council and share experiences with them? I'm sure that could 

be, you know, a portion of it, but Yeah, I, you know, I'm not be open to that guide.

His Career is a Means to Fund His Family and His Passion

Well, you know, But this is different. I would have time. This is an experience cause I am juggling, I am an attorney, so I'm, We don't even talk about that. I'm juggling that. You're attorney, you, you went to law school, you graduated and you've been a successful 

attorney. Yeah. Since like 2000, what? Nine 

to me.

2004. Oh, 2004. To me, I tell everyone, they're always like, Why don't you ever talk about your job ? I'm like, it's. It's a means to an end. Yeah. The end being my kids. Yeah. Recreation and you know, this getting outdoors and, and so yeah. No, I've, I've enjoyed my career. Uh, you know, it's just, I hate confrontation and I'm aor and it just stressful and you don't like confrontation.

So I, uh, it, it's been a great career for me and I've been blessed. Ultimately, my goal is to retire from that and focus just on this company. So yeah, that's a good goal. Plus it would keep me outdoors constantly. . Well, and you need to, not that I'm not already, I already am in the outdoors every week, but where I can feel like I'm also getting paid for.

You know, that's like the best thing that a lot of people look for in life is find something you really enjoy and you're passionate about, and then figure out a way to make a living out of it. Out of it. So you cover your bills and help say for retirement. And you could do that. And I don't. And you need to, for your own ex, your own physiological addiction tendencies and history, you have to continue 

doing this.

Oh yeah. I can't. So you're vested. I can't have a ideal time. I'm not good alone or, uh, not busy. I'm constantly on the go. Yeah. I'm always doing something and it. You know, I have a goal. I don't ever go to my place during the day by yourself. Why? It just feels non-productive, but I'm always, If you see my social media all the time, I ask it all the time, do even work.

I'm like, I know. So I'm usually. Posting some adventure every week, but Well, I look at you as, 

because of those photos, man, I've looked at you as the modern day anal Adams, You're out, you're out chasing the peaks that most people don't go to. The experiences that most people don't have 

off the beaten path.

Yeah. Like that one. No trail. No trail. That's one of my favorites. Um, yeah, and you know, going back to the, you know, leaving law behind, I mean, I, you'll get there, I, but, but outdoor Agam the company. The inspiration behind it is not to get rich . Oh yeah. I don't expect to. I, It is a life fulfilled.  if I can do this for a living.

Yeah. Right. Yeah. You know, And inspire others. Yeah. You know, anyone who knows me knows that . If you're asking me about my job, you're not gonna see me very passionate. But you ask about this stuff, like now, like I can feel it, like I am just, you know, on fire. Oh, when you first told me about 

it, your, your passion came through.

Yeah. And it's coming through now. Yeah. That means. Super passionate about it. Yeah. People are gonna feel that. That's why I told you're gonna be successful because you're extremely passionate about it. You have a connection to it that is deep inside of you. Mm-hmm. , and you're gonna help other people find that connection and it's gonna make insurmountable, like, you know, uh, changes, or I don't even know if that's the right word.

It's gonna make profound changes in people's lives if they actually go and try some of these. Just getting outdoor moments and connecting with yourself and your spiritual side and mother Earth and you. Yeah, you're gonna inspire people. You're gonna help people, you're gonna change people, and you're passionate about it.

I think all roads are leading to major success here. And it's not monetary success. No, because that's what I talk about with a lot of my guests is success is not defined based upon how many dollars you have in the bank. That is one episode. No, not at all. Every person I've asked that like 50 episodes have given me a different.

Yeah. A lot of people talk about the balance of things. Mm-hmm. , but no one says, I want to just get wealthy. 

Spirituality is Invdividual

Yeah. It's, yeah. And, and you know, that's so beautiful, dude. I know. But going back to, to that, I mean, I, Yeah. If I can inspire others to feel what I feel, you know, it's like you went on an LDS missionary.

Yeah, I did. Yeah. Yeah. And there was one time I was a believer and And when you believe it, yeah. You want others to feel what you're feeling, right? Yeah. The might the same shift, right? Yeah, Yeah. Yeah. It's, yeah. And that's a whole nother topic for another, We could talk, we could 

talk, I don't generally talk religion on this podcast because it's just, I don't want.

I don't wanna marginalize people. Like we don't need to go there. We don't need to talk about politics, but belief shifts, Belief do change. Oh yeah. You have experiences in life that help you redefine them. Yeah, and, and 

I accept, here's the thing, like my parents are still very active, lds and, and I always say it to them and others.

I said, Your religion is 100% true. To you. Yeah. And I fully accept that cuz it is true to you. Right. And what's in here if you believe it, that's your truth, right? Yeah. And so I've had to redefine over the years, you know, the God's concept because I spent too many years with this fricking brain spending a lifetime trying to define what is isn't God, right?

Yeah. That I lose sight of what's in front of me. Exactly. And so my brain just doesn't work well with. Yeah. For others it does. It's not, and that's great because, you know, my parents can go feel that spiritual connection in the temple or doing things the same feeling I'm feeling here, right? Mm-hmm. . Um, but I haven't, I don't define what I feel, right?

I, I just, I just call my higher power mother Earth. Yeah. And that's good enough for. , you know, it could be God, right? It is. I don't want to, I 

don't need to know right now.  and, and the answer is just maybe it could be. It's possible. However, mine 

is this. Yeah. But if I spend too much time on that, I lose. I'm not present anymore.

Yeah. I'm not. It's 

religion and belief in this supreme being or God or supreme power like it is so individualized. It has to, and it doesn't need to be conformity to a specific structure. And this is amazing. My brother has the same concept. He can't get outdoor, he can't not go outside. Around outdoors and have a hike or a moment 

alone.

Um, for too long he has to go out to be able to connect with himself. Yeah. Spiritually connect with his spiritual beliefs and his power. And that's, that's fine, dude, because I think it is powerful. Yeah, it is. Nonetheless, your belief and your spirituality come into fruition and healing and. Drying out chemical balances in your life, how you become more productive and successful?

Oh yeah. It doesn't matter if it's in a temple, a monastery, a mosque, no. You know, alt alter or up on this mountain peak at 11 or 12,000 feet altitude, looking at the headset and it's, you know, 

except me that my higher power is mother Earth. Yeah. I accept you. If you know whatever you believe in. Yeah. If it, if it makes you happy and you feel spiritual connectedness.

Do it. Go for it. That's working for you. Like I a hundred percent support you. You know? I agree. Just as I would hope they would support me, and my parents have been really good about that, so that's good. 

You know, if someone doesn't support you in anything you do, you gotta question how, how important they are in your life.

Yeah. Because if they're not your, if they're not on your team in anything you pursue and they're your adversary, or your doubt, or the skepticism and the nag or whatever, they're not your people. No, you need to encircle yourself with people that are gonna support you in no matter whatever belief, venture, organization, uh, experience you wanna pursue in life, you have to encompass and circle yourself around people that support you, uplift you, and encourage you.

And I didn't always, honestly, this was really. Really amazing 

coming to. Yeah. That's good. Thank you, man. Definitely. And getting to your spot, a unique spot. 

Closing

Yeah. And feeling for a podcast  like hearing your story and what you've gone through in your spot and experiencing your moment that has shaped you to what you're doing today with orgasm and your future.

Dude, thank you. This is an 

Yeah, of course, man. Thanks for having me, and I, Thanks for, uh, making the effort to, uh,  get outta your comfort zone and come up to 12,000 feet for a podcast. I 

don't normally do that myself. Yeah. You know, but I can see how therapeutic it is. Yeah, it is. The endorphins kick in the beauty.

We saw goats on the way up, which is amazing. Oh, yeah. I had never hiked and seen goats about 75 

yards away from me. Just, I see him on this mountain all the. Incredible. Beautiful. I love to watch 'em on the cliffs. Just amazed. That's when I was like, that's my spirit animal. . Yeah, but just watching them on the cliffs where you're like, How are they not falling off

But yeah. That's beautiful. Now we get to hike down in the dark. I think it'll be fun. We got our headlamps. Thank you man. Yeah, this was epic. I really appreciate 

it. Awesome, dude. Let's keep in touch and I'd love to see how outdoor gams, you know, 

evolving and Yeah. We're hoping to launch this fall, so awesome.

We've already got, Some product that's already in the worst to, for, you know, photos and stuff like that for promotion and, and we're getting the website up here over the next month and then already have the Instagram. It's a outdoor hyphen. Dash gasm. 

Nice. Well, I hope that they appreciate the getting into it.

The what now? The effort you're putting into Yeah, because you're, you're not holding back. You're putting everything into it. And we're up here having Adam Shiver. I know. I'm cold and he shivering. And we have all this gear that we put in our backpack, the holler butt up here, 12,000 feet to have this recording.

So I hope you appreciate this episode. 

I brought a light, a light sweatshirt. I usually bring something a little heavier, but it, it, I mean, it's a hundred degrees down in the valley, but it's always, you're always wearing a, a jacket and a beanie up here, which is great. All right, man. Thank you, bro.

Appreciate it. Yeah, thank you man. Thank you for 

watching this active cast episode with Adam Ho. It was so fun to create this. You can see that we had a lot of good conversations, but amazing photography that we captured at Sunset. It was just beautiful. It was fun even hiking down on top of Bald Mountain at nighttime with our headlamps.

Uh, trying not to twist an ankle with all the rocks and boulders we had to go around, but overall, it was worth it and it taught me a couple valuable lessons. That if you want to do anything in life that is worthwhile or achieving your dreams and visions, you have to put forth effort. You have to do the hard things.

You have to take steps and climbing on top of this mountain and creating multiple hours worth of content, it was just complex. Hard to do was windy. It was an effort, and that is so rewarding to me. If you have a dream and. There's nothing keeping you from achieving it. It just takes action and steps. Your dreams and visions matter.

Adam Hoyt's Dreams and visions matter, and with his company, he is looking to help others realize their dreams and visions and then achieve them. And so for that, I wanna say this active cast episode was amazing, powerful, impactful, and I hope it resonates with your soul. And that you get motivated to get outdoors and connect with yourself, connect with nature, figure out what your dreams and visions are, and go out there and achieve.

Thank you for your support on the success factor.