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--In The Current
In this double short, kayaker Keith Wagner and river guide Chandra Brown each find a new perspective in the current.
29 min
127
Tales of Terror Vol. 12
Snuggle up with a friend or your favorite stuffed animal-- and get ready to get spooky. Happy Halloween everyone.
20 min
128
Story Call Out
The most memorable gifts often aren't purchased online. Listen for how to share story of a gift with us.
9 min
129
Three Wheelin'
Caleb Smith shares his personal journey of inline skating RAGBRAI, the iconic tour across the state of Iowa.
34 min
130
The Shorts--Two Feet In
In our double short, both Lauren DeLaunay Miller and Chuck Radis found the outdoors helped them discover, and renew, their relationship with love.
24 min
131
Backcountry Brushes
Young Ken Jarvela embarks on a 54 day solo trip in the Trinity Alps that will define his career as a landscape painter.
40 min
132
Jump Start
Patrick McGunagle finds his calling jumping out of planes to fight wildfires.
39 min
133
The Shorts--Getting to Know Scoot
After Euan Fraser lost his father, he began searching for new ways to connect to him through the outdoors.
10 min
134
Snail Mail Stoke
In honor of our listeners, we have a story about four women taking an idea introduced in one of our stories and running with it.
32 min
135
Endangered Spaces--Oak Flat
We dive into the fight to possess and protect Oak Flat, Arizona, a place with incredible spiritual and economic power.
56 min
136
The Shorts -- Coming In
Compelled to sit still at a silent meditation retreat, Emily Schaldach saw herself in a way she hadn’t yet envisioned.
12 min
137
Emergency Twix
Michelle Baker questions whether she pushed too far when she’s caught in a lightning storm with her son while climbing.
34 min
138
Two Mountains
Two mountains named after the president of the Confederate States decades ago. What’s the process to rename a place?
32 min
139
The Shorts -- The Dread
Luke Hinz faced his fear of May on an ambitious backcountry ski line in Utah.
16 min
140
Flight of the Monarch
Benjamin Jordan set out to do what no one had done before: recreate the migration of the Monarch Butterfly--by paraglider.
41 min
141
Sacred Slopes
In 2017, Len Necefer set an ambitious goal that would connect ski-mountaineering with Navajo cultural traditions.
47 min
142
The Shorts -- Balancing Act
In our first double-short episode, we hear how downhill skiing has helped Carly Rushford and Paddy O’Connell shape their place and purpose in the world.
27 min
143
Introducing Climbing Gold
What connects the past, present and future of rock climbing?
8 min
144
False Summit
Ryan Wichelns and Gabe Messercola learned not to say “from here, it’s going to be easy” after attempting a multi-peak ridge traverse in Alaska’s Denali National Park in 2015.
49 min
145
The Perfect Pace
Rickey Gates followed a run across the U.S.A. with a run of every single street in San Francisco and ignited a movement of people getting to know their local communities all over the world.
35 min
146
The Shorts -- Little White Canoe
After Eloise Robbins fell in love with another thru-hiker on the PCT, she had to learn how to balance her newfound love and the fierce independence she’d found on the trail.
15 min
147
Invaluable
When COVID-19 restrictions closed Coral Cliffs climbing gym, owner Abby Dione had to figure whether she could ever open the doors again.
29 min
148
The Year of Big Ideas 2021
Doug Barclift wanted to start his own business, and he didn’t let a pandemic, civil unrest or forest fires thwart him. Enter a bus and some paddleboards.
35 min
149
The Gift
Becca Skinner gives her family a holiday trip to a frozen fire lookout cabin and is reminded that misadventures bring us closer together.
26 min
150
The Shorts--The Inlet
Will Dunlap set out on a journey to find himself in the coastal waters of Alaska.
14 min