Apr
9

Sacred Slopes

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast skiing community
Your browser does not support the audio element. “I did the skiing thing, I did the Navajo thing, and those worlds didn’t cross,” says Len Necefer. After learning how to ski-mountaineer in the winter of 2017, Len set out on an ambitious goal: to connect the Navajo cultural traditions of the mountains he comes from [...]
Mar
26

The Shorts — Balancing Act

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast skiing snow
Your browser does not support the audio element. Today, Carly Rushford and Paddy O’Connell find their edge on the snowy mountain slopes. In our first double-short episode, we hear how downhill skiing has helped Carly and Paddy shape their place and purpose in the world. Download Episode Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain [...]
Mar
12

False Summit

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast mountaineering
Your browser does not support the audio element. “From here, it’s going to be easy.” Ryan Wichelns and Gabe Messercola repeated this phrase throughout their 21 day expedition in Denali National Park in 2015. From crossing scree-covered glaciers, to traversing ridgelines and downclimbing icy cliffs, to fording waist-deep rivers, Alaska taught these young mountaineers a [...]
Feb
26

The Perfect Pace

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast running Rickey Gates
Your browser does not support the audio element. “I think being on foot just allows you to walk past a person's front door. I think that's really important,” says Rickey Gates. Rickey learned a lot about his country when ran across the United States. But when he finished, he realized his trip was incomplete and [...]
Feb
12

The Shorts — Little White Canoe

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast thru hike relationships paddle
Your browser does not support the audio element.   “Thru-hiking started to feel like a compulsion: I had to hike the same way I had to breathe,” writes Eloise Robbins. After she fell in love with another thru-hiker on the PCT, she uprooted her life to be with him in Canada. Deprived of a job, [...]
Jan
29

Invaluable

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast climbing community
Your browser does not support the audio element.     “There should be no friction in the system. If someone wants to come and climb, they should be able to come and climb,” says Abby Dione, owner of Coral Cliffs in Florida. When Abby had to close her doors in March 2020 because of COVID-19 [...]
Jan
15

The Year of Big Ideas 2021

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast paddling SUP
Your browser does not support the audio element. When Doug Barclift decided to start a business, he headed to an untraditional spot to buy his real estate-- a junkyard. There he found the school bus, wedged between a trailer and a stack of cars, that he would transform into his own paddleboard company. And when [...]
Dec
23

The Gift

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast family holiday snow
Your browser does not support the audio element. “No one is going to talk me out of doing this because this is a great idea,” says Becca Skinner. “I just gave the best Christmas gift and everyone is going to thank me later.”  When Becca surprised her family with an overnight stay in a fire [...]
Dec
11

The Shorts — The Inlet

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast kayaking paddling
Your browser does not support the audio element. In 2019, Will Dunlap began having existential questions about his place in the world. So he bought a plane ticket to Alaska, rented a kayak, and set out for the Taku Inlet. Through bitter rains and long days of paddling, Will experienced an inner journey he would [...]