When Scott Guinn received a letter in the mail from his friend Mike Flanigan, he didn’t expect to find a page-long, typed challenge to climb 10 tricky boulder problems within an hour at the nearby bouldering area. Gauntlet thrown, Scott stepped up to the task, launching what’s become an epic series of challenges that keeps building their friendship through adventure.
Most recent Covid-19 Isolation Challenge
Mike’s Lost Creek Wilderness Challenge
Scott’s most recent success on Santee (completed problem 4, Jump Start, which was the amended problem)
The original Santee and Flagstaff Challenges are all GoPro footage and are not on Youtube.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Shenanigans by Cordelia Zars • Nothing by Kai Engel • The Biddy Bong Song by Publish the Quest • Billy’s gonna pull down by Bradley Carter • Home by Publish the Quest • Falling Into You by Little Glass Men • Delivered by Brendan O’Connell • Tracks provided by Free Music Archive or with permission from the artists.
This was a fun story to listen to and, like all the other stories y’all put out, makes one think and feel. I love Dirtbag Diaries and all of your storytellers.
My climbing partner and I are sending each other messages or chatting about our training on a daily basis. These check-ins haven’t turned into any sort of challenges, but this weeks story and the protracted nature of the quarantine may result in a similar spin-off for us.
Anyhow, I love you all. Eps. 146 ‘The Great Indoors’ also inspired me to create something for myself and my family. Our garden has never looked better and my mobility/ flexibility is, do I dare to say, increasing. 🌞