May
28

Two Mountains

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast community naming peaks
[mb18-podcast_player podcast_mp3_url="https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/DTT9124798165.mp3?updated=1622155836"] Two mountains, one in California and one in Nevada, named after the president of the Confederate States decades ago. How can a name be changed? Producer Fil Corbitt takes us through the wonky and lengthy process involved in renaming a place. A version of this episode first appeared on The Wind Podcast. Download [...]
May
14

The Shorts — The Dread

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast ski mountaineering
[mb18-podcast_player podcast_mp3_url="https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/DTT3822813106.mp3?updated=1620943246"] “The dread was there, strong and palpable. I just hoped my will was stronger,” writes Luke Hinz. After losing both his father and his brother in the month of May, Luke always had a feeling that something bad would befall him as well. When he set out to ski an ambitious line in [...]