Aug
27

Jump Start

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast wildfire smokejumping
Your browser does not support the audio element.   After Patrick McGunagle graduated from college, he told himself he’d get a “real job” after a summer on a fire crew in Montana. But the adventure, camaraderie, and purpose that came with fighting fire made it hard to trade the woods in for a cubicle. Seven [...]
Aug
13

The Shorts–Getting to Know Scoot

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast adventure family
Your browser does not support the audio element. After Euan Fraser lost his dad in a mysterious accident, he spent decades of his life wondering what had happened. When he finally learned the truth, Euan began searching for new ways to get to know his father through adventures in the outdoors. Download Episode Music: If [...]
Jul
23

Snail Mail Stoke

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast community challenges
Your browser does not support the audio element. We just hit our 300th episode! Whether you’ve been a listener from the mic-in-a-closet days, or you just joined us, it’s you-- our community-- that keeps us going. In honor of our listeners, we have a story about four women taking an idea introduced in one of [...]
Jul
9

Endangered Spaces–Oak Flat

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast climbing conservation
Your browser does not support the audio element. Oak Flat, Arizona: a site sacred to the San Carlos Apache, a beloved climbing area, a rare riparian zone in the desert. The catch? It’s slated to become the largest copper mine in the history of North America. Days before the land was set to transfer to [...]
Jun
25

The Shorts — Coming In

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast cycling
Your browser does not support the audio element.   Cycling intervals, homework assignments, planner items: Emily Schaldach raced through her life checking off her list. When Emily’s grandmother invited her to a silent meditation retreat in the woods of Colorado, she reluctantly accepted. Compelled to sit still for a few days, Emily saw herself in [...]
Jun
11

Emergency Twix

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast mountain family decisions
Your browser does not support the audio element. Michelle Baker and her husband John both fell in love with mountains before they fell in love with each other. As they started a family of their own, they hoped to pass down their passion for outdoor adventure and a respect for the dangers that go with [...]
May
28

Two Mountains

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast community naming peaks
Your browser does not support the audio element. 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 [...]
May
14

The Shorts — The Dread

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast ski mountaineering
Your browser does not support the audio element. “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 [...]
Apr
23

Flight of the Monarch

Dirtbag Diaries outdoor podcast paragliding migration
Your browser does not support the audio element.       “I felt as though the Monarch Butterfly contained some special sort of wisdom that I could connect with,” says Benjamin Jordan. Inspired by the Monarch, he set out to do what no one had ever done before: recreate the migration of the Monarch Butterfly--by [...]