The Shorts — 365 Days
365 Days
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“In the day to day tangle of life, it’s easy to let go of the things that provide that focus, and calm and perspective,” writes Fitz Cahall. “I find that serenity so easily in wilderness. How do we carry that home?” While on a trip to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, Fitz resolved to do something back in “regular life” to try to tap into that quietness every day, for one year.
Music: Wide Eyed by Stillborn Identity • Eclosion by Salmo • Shoulda Said Something by Unquiet Nights
Tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive. Additional music by the one and only Amy Stolzenbach.
Adventure 1000
Adventure 1000
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It’s January. Time for our annual Year of Big Ideas. This year, we talked to Alastair Humphreys, a 2012 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. Among other things, Alastair has walked across India, and 1000 miles through the largest sand desert in the world, cycled 46,000 miles around the world in four years and rowed across the Atlantic.
People often come up to him after his talks and tell him they wish they could go on the kinds of adventures that he does. Alastair believes that they can. Today, he explains what he’s learned about what it takes to make an adventure happen. Here’s to another year of big ideas, and to committing to them. Happy 2015.
Music: The Floodwork Fireflies by A Single Voice • Neo Zen by Ketsa • Shine by Publish the Quest • Ripping Susan by A Single Voice • Then You Were There by Ketsa • The Rent is Late by Publish the Quest
The songs by Publish the Quest came off their new album, A Thousand Kinds of Gold. Other tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive.
Flying Deep
Flying Deep
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There comes a stage in a great athlete’s career when the pursuit of technical difficulty takes a back seat. It gives way to simplicity, an aesthetic and possibly to an iconic style that leaves an impression on a sport. Will Gadd is one of the most accomplished mountain athletes ever. Most people know him as a climbing legend, but he also holds that stature in the fringe sport of paragliding where he has won competitions and held the single flight distance record for a decade. Last year, Will and renowned pilot Gavin McClurg embarked on a truly incredible trip down the spine of the Canadian Rockies. The goal was to create a continuous line through the air. At night, they landed in the alpine, slept and repeated the process–for 35 days. The trip changed Will’s perspective, not just on the craft, but on how he pursues adventure.
This episode contains some explicit language.
Music: Original Score by Amy Stolzenbach • Wake Me Up by Jacob Bain and Publish The Quest • Language Of Its Own by Jacob Bain and Publish The Quest • Monsoon Rains by Jacob Bain and Publish The Quest • Sundialing by Caribou • Shine by Jacob Bain and Publish The Quest
The Shorts–The Journey Within
The Journey Within
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Earlier this fall, Chris moved away from favorite climbing haunts towards something bigger and more intimidating than giant rock walls. As he helped care for an extended family member thousands of miles from the place he had called home, he had to figure out how to take a journey very different than an annual pilgrimage to climb in Patagonia: a journey within.
You can find more of Chris Kalman’s writing on his blog, Fringe’s Folly, “for the purists, dirtbags and salty oldtimers who live climbing.”
Music: Play by The Henchman School of Shooting • Do It Again by Nada Surf • Now I Wait by Goathanger • Done with Dallas by Bradley Carter
Most music provided by Mevio’s Music Alley. Bradley Carter is a friend of the Diaries.
The Shorts–More Than Just a Camping Trip
More Than Just a Camping Trip
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You can find more photos of Otto and Riley’s trip on Otto’s photography website.
Music: Let the Right One In by Night’s Bright Colors • Original Score by Amy Stolzenbach • Underdog by Bradley Carter
Music by Night’s Bright Colors provided by Mevio’s Music Alley. Amy Stolzenbach and Bradley Carter are friends of the Diaries.
