By Land Podcast
The By Land Podcast is an interview-based show about the outdoors and the people who spend their time there. I talk with people from different backgrounds and walks of life to learn from their experiences, perspectives, and adventures.
I cover everything from backpacking and hunting to conservation, personal growth, and what it means to make the most of our time outside.
My hope is that each conversation leaves you with something useful, something to think about, or simply a little inspiration for your own adventure.
Thanks so much for being here. I really appreciate it.
-Emory, By Land
P.S. I hope you come back and tell me all about your adventure.
By Land Podcast
#155 - Getting to Know Dan Becker
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Dan Becker is a backpacker from Wisconsin who turned his passion into his full-time profession. If you’ve poked around YouTube for backpacking, you’ve no doubt seen his videos a time or two. He’s grown a massive following and for good reason - he’s just a great guy. Dan is genuine, sincere, funny, and just loves to backpack. I didn’t know much about him before we spoke, but sincerely enjoyed getting to know him and now have a fond appreciation for what he’s been able to accomplish.
We cover a ton of ground in this episode, including everything from Wisconsin backpacking culture and learning how to find your own style of backpacking, to starting a YouTube channel and making it a real career. One of the things I find fascinating about Dan’s approach to making backpacking a “career” is that he looks at it like a business and a hobby. He’s been able to separate the two things, but also fuse them together which is really hard to do. Dan has used backpacking to create a business and business to create more backpacking adventures and I think a lot of outdoor creators can learn a thing or two from him. I mean, the guy has a family and goes backpacking for a living.
I have no doubt you’ll enjoy getting to know Dan as much as I did.
Show Notes and Links:
- Dan’s outdoor backstory
- Backpacking in Wisconsin
- Getting to know the backpacking crowd
- Western backpacking vs Mid West backpacking
- Appreciating what you have
- Putting backpacking in a box
- Learning to backpack
- Finding a personal backpacking style
- Being the focus of hit pieces
- Why Dan started a YouTube channel
- The life of a creative
- Deciding to go all in on YouTube
- Sponsorships and brand deals
- Dan’s advice to creators
- Working out with Dan
- How to follow up with Dan
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DanBecker
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/danbeckeroutdoors
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danbeckeroutdoors
- Dan's rescue recap: https://youtu.be/FRSGGUUtN9Y
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