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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Tandemonium
From adventures with loved ones to cycling with strangers, we bring you five stories of the mythical unicorns of the bicycle community and fates linked by a bike frame and chain. Tandemonium!
51 min
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The Shorts--Beyond Failure
Leah Breen reflects on the consequences of personal failure when she lets go of her climbing partner’s rope.
11 min
203
Fit To Print
Steve Casimiro creates a new path through outdoor storytelling with his magazine, Adventure Journal.
32 min
204
Endangered Spaces - Grand Staircase-Escalante N...
In December 2017, Trump announced an executive order to cut the size of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by nearly half. Last fall, we traveled to Boulder, Utah to see what the locals have to say about the decision.
50 min
205
The Shorts-- Fistful of Hearts
After John Flynn lost his mom to cancer, he biked with a group of friends from Texas to Alaska to try to find her again-- in the mountains, the rivers, and the solitude of the open road.
13 min
206
The Dreamer
Kathy Holcombe stepped out of her role as a ‘dream maker’ and into the role of a dreamer in a year of adventures that challenged and changed her profoundly.
41 min
207
Flip Of A Coin
Andy and Katherine Wyatt fight to survive when a powerful storm hits while they're on a remote Alaskan ski expedition.
33 min
208
The Shorts -- Restless for Roots
After a decade of nomadic travel, Carmen Kuntz wonders whether home has to be one specific place.
10 min
209
The Land And Water Conservation Fund
A team of dirtbags is faced with convincing Congress to reauthorize a $22 billion fund that helps purchase land and provide recreational opportunities throughout the US amidst a contentious political climate.
39 min
210
Solo She Rides
Amie Begg and Jessica Kelley adventure into the mountains on bikes to find a personal sense of strength and purpose.
41 min
211
The Shorts-- My Cathedral
Mitch Breton finds his spiritual path paddling the rapids of the Kennebec River.
8 min
212
The Shorts-- The Van Fan
Jeanie Adamson takes a ski-road trip with her son, Luke, and his recently acquired 1990 van, Sherrod.
16 min
213
Living For The Lost
Confronting and dealing with death is one of the hardest things we’ll ever do in life, but for Navy Seal and backcountry snowboarder Josh Jespersen the best way to honor those we’ve lost is to live for them.
49 min
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Walk To Connect
Jonathon Stalls walks from Delaware to California.
37 min
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Novel Inspiration
After falling in love with John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Charlie Turnbull and Leon Morton set out to recreate the 1,615-mile journey described in the novel – but on bikes.
23 min
216
The Year of Big Ideas 2019
For better or for worse, ideas are infectious. They become our goals, and the struggle to realize them becomes memory, the story of our lives.
19 min
217
Mountain Hollow Dreams
What happens when reality doesn't live up to your dream?
48 min
218
The Shorts-- Saving Santa
Working as a seasonal guide at a remote camp in rural Alaska with ten other men, Joe Aultman-Moore figured it would take nothing less than a request to Santa and his team of flying reindeer to meet a girl. Can Christmas wishes still come true?
13 min
219
Endangered Spaces--Cook Inlet
Brown bears, fishing, and the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska.
57 min
220
Hit Pause
This last year, Fitz turned 40 and took a 670-mile-long sabbatical.
33 min
221
Tales of Terror Vol. 9
Stories that will send shivers down your spine.
22 min
222
Moto Gypsy
Janelle Kaz and the fight against wildlife trafficking.
31 min
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Anti-Gravity
A chance encounter altered the trajectory of Juan Rodriguez's life.
40 min
224
Hootin' & Hollerin'
We follow Craig Gorder throughout a year of his recovery after a life-changing climbing accident.
66 min
225
Ethan and G-Pop
Expedition kayaking with Ethan Roebuck and his grandfather.
31 min