Aug
9

The Shorts — Beyond Failure

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast climbing accident
Your browser does not support the audio element. Leah Breen had always been taught to embrace failure. You can't win every mountain bike race, or make it to the top of every pitch. Learn from it, and keep going. But when she felt her partner's climbing rope careen through her hands over a cliff, she [...]
Jun
28

The Shorts– Fistful Of Hearts

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast biking
Your browser does not support the audio element. “We biked through wind, rain, and snow. If lightning struck, we kept going. We only stopped if it got too close.  We outran tornadoes in Oklahoma. We waited out a storm in an old horse barn in Montana, huddled like penguins, our bikes cast carelessly aside in [...]
May
9

The Shorts — Restless for Roots

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast travel hiking Carmen Kuntz
Your browser does not support the audio element. Carmen Kuntz has lived a dirtbag life for over a decade. She’s moved every year since graduating high school, and has explored some of the world’s most remote places in her kayak and hiking boots. But with all the moving around, Carmen began to wonder if she [...]
Mar
22

My Cathedral

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast mitch breton paddling Kennebec
Your browser does not support the audio element. Mitch Breton grew up as as devout member of the Catholic Church. He ascended the religious ranks through his childhood, and assumed that one day he would become a priest. Then, he found whitewater paddling. A summer of raft guiding rerouted Mitch’s spiritual journey -- from one [...]
Mar
8

The Shorts–The Van Life

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast skiing roadtrip
Your browser does not support the audio element. Jeanie Adamson, a 50-something mom, decided to switch things up last year for spring break. When she told her son, Luke, she wanted to ski every mountain between Dallas and Lake Tahoe, he offered up his newly-renovated 1990 Dodge Ram van, Sherrod, for the job. The two [...]
Dec
14

The Shorts–Saving Santa

Your browser does not support the audio element. “To work in tourism is to witness the human comedy,” says Joe Aultman-Moore. “Every guide has stories that start with, ‘You’ll never believe this…’. Nowhere, it seems, do people go further from the familiar than on cruises to Alaska.” Working as a seasonal guide at a remote [...]
Jul
27

The Shorts — A Story of My Own

A Story of My Own For most of his adult life, Cam Fenton has fought against climate change–and particularly to protect the Arctic. “The funny thing was, for most of that time, I couldn’t tell you why,” says Cam. “Sure, I could recite, and often wrote, the talking points: to stop sea level rise, stand […]

Jun
22

The Shorts– Better Than Good Enough

Better Than Good Enough “It was a life that was narrow in its margins and seemingly under my control,” remembers John Gray. “It wasn’t exactly exciting or fulfilling, but I decided that it was good enough for me.” After a breakup and a drinking habit sent him in a downward spiral, John decided that he […]

May
25

The Shorts — Spirit B

Spirit B “In the early stages of my pregnancy, I was intrigued and ready for the changes that would take place,” says Chelsey Magness. “As an athlete, I expected body image and performance challenges. I expected exhaustion. I expected attachment issues to my newborn twins. I never expected what was actually to come.” Chelsey and […]