The Dirtbag Diaries
This is what adventure sounds like. Climb. Ski. Hike. Bike. Paddle. Run. Travel. Whatever your passion, we are all dirtbags. Fitz Cahall and the Duct Tape Then Beer team present stories about the dreamers, athletes and wanderers.
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The Shorts -Senditude
After a series of gnarly injuries, the phrase “send it” came to mean something very different in Forrest Wood’s vocabulary.
14 min
102
Beyond Mountains
Shogufa Bayat met mountain guide Danika Gilbert through climbing, but their friendship has stretched beyonds peaks and borders.
38 min
103
Flip Trip
This fabled raft trip on the Main Salmon would go down in history as one of the most epic, beyond-believable backcountry debacles of all time.
37 min
104
The Shorts-- Look For Butterflies
Sierra Meggitt uses trail running to heal from the trauma of sexual assault.
14 min
105
¡Con Ganas!
Today, we travel to Dillon, Colorado, where a gregarious group of bilingual chicas oil their chains, clip their helmets, and become the first females in their families to shred some trails.
37 min
106
Ask Us, We’ve Been There
A midwesterner opened a gear shop in his kitchen. Fifty one years later, it’s a community hub for people that chase dreams in the mountains.
36 min
107
The Shorts--Roundabout River
On a packraft below Glen Canyon Dam, Chris Kalman reevaluates the places he’s written off.
11 min
108
Bananas and Peanut Butter
Quinn Brett sets out to pedal the Great Divide mountain bike route after a life-changing accident.
29 min
109
You Slept Where?
Outhouses, baggage storage, and guide shacks.
28 min
110
The Shorts--Long Walk to Happiness
After thru-hiking the PCT, Emily Benington finds a new path to happiness.
15 min
111
Crash And Burn
Drive it until it dies.
23 min
112
Rick's Rickshaw
Rick's Rickshaw
33 min
113
The Shorts--Take The Bike
Patrick Davison rediscovers a lost love of bikes and finds a new love on the trails.
13 min
114
Close Quarters
19-year-old Kiko Lopez had never set foot on a boat when he accepted an invitation to sail from Maine to the Bahamas with three friends.
31 min
115
Out of Bounds
On the ski hill, Gary Lacy fell head-over-heels for his boss’s daughter, Leslie, but she was strictly out of bounds.
30 min
116
The Shorts--Suzie's Line
Madeigh Winsor-McCarron’s adventure buddy helps her get out the door and into the present moment during Covid quarantine.
9 min
117
Play It By Ear
Kyle McCrohan stopped going bigger and started moving through the mountains with a new intention.
38 min
118
The Year of Big Ideas 2022
In our annual celebration of New Years’ goals, a story today about the power of saying yes.
35 min
119
Winter Vacation
Emily Ford tests her limits on a frigid winter thru-hike of Wisconsin’s 1200 mile Ice Age Trail.
35 min
120
The Best Gift: Make And Share
Create and make new again.
8 min
121
The Best Gift: An Old Bike
Better Than New
11 min
122
The Best Gift: A Shared Goal
Consider gifts that keep giving.
11 min
123
The Best Gift: Time
Teach them what you know, or take them somewhere special.
11 min
124
The Shorts--Mad Dogs And An Englishman
Susan Greenwood challenged herself to reconnect with the playful spirit of adventure she learned from her father.
12 min
125
Above Ground
Veteran Cam Fields found backcountry skiing helped heal his PTSD.
39 min