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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Dope Lake Chapter 1: Misfits
In 1976, a plane carrying four million dollars in marijuana crashed into a small alpine lake in the Yosemite high country.
35 min
102
The Shorts--Finding Footing
Autumn Ellingford Rhodes and Nikki LaRochelle find their footing in the mountains after challenging life moments.
27 min
103
Door To Door
Climber turned trail runner, Jenny Abegg, takes the chance to see Patagonia from a new perspective.
33 min
104
Dirtbag Movie Night: Director's Q&A
Fitz talks with the directors of BURIED, Jared Drake and Steve Siig.
43 min
105
The Shorts--I Got You
Tressa uses movement and friendship to reconnect with herself.
18 min
106
Tales of Terror Vol. 13
Our annual Tales of Terror episode. Mua ha ha.
36 min
107
Gear Love
Dirtbag Diaries staff discuss their favorite pieces of gear
30 min
108
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
109
Beyond Mountains
Shogufa Bayat met mountain guide Danika Gilbert through climbing, but their friendship has stretched beyonds peaks and borders.
38 min
110
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
111
The Shorts-- Look For Butterflies
Sierra Meggitt uses trail running to heal from the trauma of sexual assault.
14 min
112
¡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
113
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
114
The Shorts--Roundabout River
On a packraft below Glen Canyon Dam, Chris Kalman reevaluates the places he’s written off.
11 min
115
Bananas and Peanut Butter
Quinn Brett sets out to pedal the Great Divide mountain bike route after a life-changing accident.
29 min
116
You Slept Where?
Outhouses, baggage storage, and guide shacks.
28 min
117
The Shorts--Long Walk to Happiness
After thru-hiking the PCT, Emily Benington finds a new path to happiness.
15 min
118
Crash And Burn
Drive it until it dies.
23 min
119
Rick's Rickshaw
Rick's Rickshaw
33 min
120
The Shorts--Take The Bike
Patrick Davison rediscovers a lost love of bikes and finds a new love on the trails.
13 min
121
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
122
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
123
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
124
Play It By Ear
Kyle McCrohan stopped going bigger and started moving through the mountains with a new intention.
38 min
125
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