What We Had

FromThe Dirtbag Diaries

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What We Had

FromThe Dirtbag Diaries

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Dec 23, 2010

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Mark Rutherford and John Merritt grew up sharing the same sand box. Twenty years ago, Mark began a successful adventure fly fishing guide service in the Bristol Bay region. An avid fisherman, John got in touch with Mark and scheduled a trip. That first trip marked the beginning of a decade of trips, each more adventurous than the last. Today, we are headed up stream to the confluence of several lives.

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Dec 23, 2010

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This is what adventure sounds like. Climb. Ski. Hike. Bike. Paddle. Run. Travel. Whatever your passion, we are all dirtbags. Outdoor writer Fitz Cahall and the Duct Tape Then Beer team present stories about the dreamers, athletes and wanderers.

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No Big Deal: In 1996, photographer John Burcham and three friends completed the first foot traverse of the 650-mile long Alaska Range. Burcham decided to leave the group at the very end of the trip in order to make it to his sister's wedding. He was alone in the continent's last great wilderness with a sobering realization -- crevasses, hungry wildlife and hypothermia can kill you, but loneliness can drive you crazy. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Earth Throne: Seventeen years ago, Sean O’Neill – artist athlete and big brother to pro climber Timmy O’Neill – lost the use of his legs. After the accident, Timmy dreamed about helping his older brother climb El Capitan. In 2005, the brothers decided it was time to act. James Mills brings us a story about two brothers, one very big cliff face and a 17-year-old dream. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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O Tannenbaum: For the last five years, I have been stingier than Scrooge when it comes to a Yule Tree. In 2008, I’m a changed man. Armed with a handsaw and empowered by a National Forest permit, I wandered out into the Cascades to search for the perfect Christmas tree. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Shorts -- The Pig: A mythical, semi-secret, surf spot on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast – that’s as descriptive as Australian Duncan McNee would get. This secret break, a quick bike ride from McNee’s day job as a high school teacher, requires the perfect synchronicity of swell, tide and windless days. On average, the variables come together once every two years. At long last, we bring you a surfing story. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Shorts: The Simple Joy of Moving Upward: After loosing his leg in a climbing accident, Craig DeMartino had to retrain his body and learn his craft all over again. DeMartino takes us to Vail and the Teva Mountain Games. Behind the bright lights, big names and massive crowds, climbing’s everyman gets his moment in the sun. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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Datos Insuficientes: In the summer of 2007, kayaker and blogger Shane Robinson found himself paddling down Peru’s isolated Apurimac River with Andrew Oberhardt and Bryan Smith. They had no map, no aerial photos and enough food for five days. Fifteen years of kayaking had led to this moment. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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Help Wanted: There’s no such thing as a perfect job. What if there was a magical place where you could get paid to climb? At the center of this kingdom is a mountain, and all you have to do is climb it. Find out what happens when a bunch of climbers are left unsupervised with the keys to the Magic Kingdom. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Monoboard: Gaper. Touron. Weekend warrior. As mountain people, we can be a cold, hard lot adhering to an "Us and Them" mentality, but at the root, what makes a dirtbag a dirtbag? Is it a look? The clothes we wear or the skis we ride? Or is there something deeper to out culture? Can anyone be a dirtbag? by The Dirtbag Diaries
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A Brief Moment in a Beautiful Place: This week we're headed for Laos to recount the story of two friends and one spectacularly bad idea. Join us as we follow Jacob Bain, Colin Brynn and a bamboo raft down a river at the edge of the world. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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All These Things: Today, Becca Cahall brings us All These Things – a story about getting older and skiing faster. We’re headed for British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains – an incredible range of open alpine faces, perfect tree skiing and tight chutes that every backcountry skier dreams of visiting. by The Dirtbag Diaries
22 min listen
Prayer for a Friend: Today on the Dirtbag Diaries, we’re traveling from the halls of a New England boarding school where two boys forged an unlikely friendship to the wind-swept wilderness deep inside the Cascade Mountains, where a trio of climbers have been hard at work solving one of the Northwest’s greatest free climbing projects. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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Mister Smart Goes Big: Rangi Smart was riding a small spur of his favorite single-track trail when he stumbled upon a perfectly designed mountain bike jump. The 33-year-old math teacher thought to himself, “What kind of nut-job rides off something like that?” Then Rangi imagined that he was that nut-job. We bring you the hopes, dreams and goals of professional athletes, regular joes, parents, soldiers and students. Here’s to the dirtbags. Here’s to Mr. Smart. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Brotherhood: On a remote cliff in northern Arizona, we join rock climbers Albert Newman and James Q Martin as they attempt the first free ascent of Tooth Rock. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Reckoning: In 2005, photographer, writer and avid cyclist Blake Gordon joined the Logsdon brothers in the midst of pedaling 15,000 miles and raising money for the National Brain Tumor Foundation. Today, we present The Reckoning – a story plucked from the pages of a young photographer’s notebook. You can ride your bike to the edge of a continent, but when the road ends it doesn’t always lead to neat resolutions. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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A Lifeline Home: Today, we bring you the tale of Ryan Utz and Micah Helser -- both climbers, both soldiers -- and their quest to create a lifeline back from the frontlines to the things that matter the most – friends, family and that freedom found only in open spaces. We are headed to the world’s most improbable climbing wall. This is Camp Taji. Welcome to Iraq. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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Anatomy of an Accident: This week the Dirtbag Diaries presents the Anatomy of an Accident. What do you take away from a near-death experience? Is there meaning in it? If so, what does it say about our relationships with these mountains, these rivers and these oceans. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Shorts -- Balance: The Bohrer clan isn’t your average Idaho Falls family. Juggling goals in the mountain with parenting is no simple task. Sometimes balancing competing passions requires combining them into a lifestyle. After all, whether you’re old or young, everyone likes to play hooky if there is snow on the hill. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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731 Days Later...: Two years ago, I was staring fruitlessly at a computer screen. I was sick of daydreaming. I dropped the commissioned piece I was working on that day and started writing. I pulled out a mic, hit the big red record button and decided it was time to find my voice. Today, we present The Monoboard Revisited. Here’s to another two years of dreaming, tinkering and coming up with ways to get into trouble. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Shorts -- Friends In High Places: Two and a half years ago, climber and Diaries contributor, Kelly Cordes, signed up for a Facebook account, promptly forgot the password and found out that negotiating social media can be every bit as difficult as picking a path through gaping crevasses, rotten ice and snow-covered rock. It’s certainly just as time consuming. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Crusade: Today, we bring you the Crusade, the story of two stockbrokers, an engineer and a nuclear physicist who, with a little help from the Internet, helped shaped American ski mountaineering without ever leaving their backyard. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Year of Big Ideas: Today we bring you the “Year of Big Ideas? – a show all about goals, some big, some small. We’ve interviewed friends, professional athletes, random people on chairlifts, anyone we could rope into contributing. Here’s to dreaming big and going bigger in the New Year. by The Dirtbag Diaries
15 min listen
The Human Mule: Through the years, I’ve tried to escape words and journalism, but the writing life always has a funny way of creeping back into my world. This time it came in the form of a 230-pound cameraman with a fear of heights, a fast talking New York producer and a 30-year-old broadcaster trying to return to her childhood. It turns out you have to earn your 15 seconds of fame. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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A Thousand Words: There is no textbook on adventure journalism, but if there were one, it would contain one single, steadfast rule -- you can't photograph adventure from a safe distance. This week, adventure photographer Corey Rich gives us photos and the untold stories behind them. by The Dirtbag Diaries
26 min listen
Into the Dark: Throughout his life, Portland rock climber Bob Grunau has struggled with the lingering clouds of depression. Until he discovered climbing, the only way to weather the darker cycles was to retreat inward into his mind. That approach worked until he became a part of a family. High, lonesome places can provide respite and joy. We can love them deeply, but ice and rock will not love us back. by The Dirtbag Diaries
10 min listen
The Shorts-Scars: We've all got them. War wounds. Battle scars. We get them from crashing bikes in the woods, surgeon's scalpels and cheese grating falls on granite. The real incredible thing is that we chose to see what we want in our wounds and in others. We look past them to the emotion and memory behind them. They become the physical diary of our lives. by The Dirtbag Diaries
14 min listen
Three Eighths to Eternity: Two years ago, Christian Beamish crafted an 18-foot-long sailboat in his San Clemente garage. His obsession with sailboat-assisted surfing began with small week-long voyages and evolved into preposterous idea – sail the entire length of Baja looking for waves. by The Dirtbag Diaries
34 min listen
Beginner's Mind: In the outdoor world, as we age, we can become picky. We are able to discern choss from splitter granite or hard packed moguls from Utah’s finest snow. Opportunities to return to that beginner’s wonder can be rare. Sometimes it is as simple as trading two planks for one. by The Dirtbag Diaries
9 min listen
The Shorts: Year of Big Ideas Reprieve: In the Year of Big Ideas, my childhood friend Brad laid it out – he was going to climb El Cap in 2008. We planned and tried to convince others to join us, but in the end, Brad and I were on our own to wrestle with one very big – arguably bad – idea. A third of the way through 2008, where are you in your year of big ideas? We’d love to hear from you. Leave a comment and a little inspiration. What have you ticked off the list? What’s left? by The Dirtbag Diaries
7 min listen
Seeds: It was a tough summer in the climbing community. We lost heroes, friends, mentors, legends, sons and parents. We celebrate their lives with stories and memorials, but then the living are left to confront hard questions and dark emotions. This year, 22-year-old Evan Piche’s world turned upside down. He discovered, that even in the worst moments there are seeds of growth. by The Dirtbag Diaries
17 min listen
The Shorts -- Knees and Weather Permitting: When writer Sarah Wroot took her first hike through Scottland’s craggy hills, she was overwhelmed with a surprising notion. “If I had a pack and a tent, I could keep going. I could be free to go wherever I want,” she thought. The idea took hold. Today, Sarah takes us all the way the Scottish Highlands and a journey that changed her life. by The Dirtbag Diaries
10 min listen

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Tales of Terror Vol. 14: In our annual Tales of Terror episode, we’ve got dark caves, unsettling landscapes, and unexplainable figures in the night. Mua ha ha. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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Endangered Spaces--Castner Range: Gabaccia Moreno talks with some of the people who helped The Castner Range become a national monument. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Shorts -- Walking Tall: Lance Garland and Eileen Hall embrace who they are at sea and on the trail. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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Mayor of Eldo: When Aubrey Runyon faced a big challenge of visiting her childhood home as an adult, she leaned on Eldorado Canyon for strength by way of a big goal– to reach 10,000 pitches in the park. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Shorts -- Suddenly Solo: Laura Buchan heads out on a 1500-mile bikepacking trip along the West Coast after her partner bails last minute and learns that she has everything she needs within her. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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Diaries+ Preview: Will To Wild with Shelby Stanger: Shelby stopped by to talk about the leaps she's made in her own life and her motivations for writing her new book, Will to Wild. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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Endangered Spaces: Eastern Sierra: Emily Markstein uses a 200-mile bike tour to reconnect with the landscape of the Eastern Sierra before three potential gold mining projects begin. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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The Shorts—One Paddle At A Time: Jayme Vance’s packrafting honeymoon in Alaska marks a turning point as she welcomes her marriage and prepares to say goodbye to her father. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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Take The Wheel: On a whirlwind 5000-mile roadtrip, Drew and Sarah create the life they want to live and forge a path for others who haven’t seen themselves represented in the outdoors. by The Dirtbag Diaries
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