The Dirtbag Diaries
This is what adventure sounds like. Climb. Ski. Hike. Bike. Paddle. Run. Travel. Whatever your passion, we are all dirtbags. Fitz Cahall and the Duct Tape Then Beer team present stories about the dreamers, athletes and wanderers.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 436
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2025
Magic River
The Mississippi River. The Big Muddy. The Great River. When musician JW Francis left the river’s source in northern Minnesota and started heading for the sea, he’d had about two hours in canoeing to…
00:41:50 |
Fri 12 Sep 2025
Good Good Bad: White Mountain Direttissima
Five days, 231.82 miles, 85,967 vertical feet, nearly 94 hours of moving time - this is the White Mountain Direttissima as experienced by ultra-athlete Andrew Drummond. A rugged DIY run that connects…
00:39:12 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
The Shorts-- The Clearing
When big transitional moments occur in our lives, the way we navigate them and what helps shift our perspective can often come from unexpected places. After graduation and a summer of feeling melanch…
00:27:49 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Seeing You Through
Growing up as identical twins in England, Poppy and Thea Wardley were practically attached at the hip. Their lives finally diverged when Poppy enrolled in medical school and Thea attended university …
00:47:09 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Endangered Spaces: The Ranger
For Sam Webster, public lands have been interwoven with life from the earliest age. He followed a path into public service with the Park and Forest Service, choosing stability and the ability to con…
01:05:32 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Three Wheelin'
Every July, nearly 20,000 cyclists from around the world swarm the roads of Iowa for one week to ride across the state. It’s hot. It’s humid. And it’s not as flat as one may think. Iowa resident Cale…
00:37:08 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
How To Do What You Love
Runner, writer, illustrator and all around human Brendan Leonard made a career of doing what he loves. Yes it’s passion and wild creativity, but it’s also the unheralded traits of persistence, though…
00:35:11 |
Fri 18 Jul 2025
The Shorts -- Meet Marge and Mansfield
Growth happens outside your comfort zone. Sometimes this comes by choice, like committing to guiding rafts on a new river and trading out your nimble kayak for the biggest barge in the fleet as Jessi…
00:32:28 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Green Pit Of Death
To escape record breaking crowds in Zion National Park, Marco Siler-Gonzales decides to take his girlfriend, Lena Ohlson, on an unmarked and seldom hiked trail. Heading back towards the car, Marco le…
00:32:54 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Good Good Bad: Emily Ford and the Iditarod
In March of 2025, Emily Ford lined up at the starting line of one of the world’s most difficult races – The Iditarod. To race this iconic event hadn’t been a lifelong dream but rather the next step o…
00:39:46 |
Fri 20 Jun 2025
The Shorts-- On The Other Side
Finding out what we’re capable of takes trial and error and a whole lot of trust. For Meg Morris and Emmye Vernet, they each had a guide who helped them see another side of the outdoors.
For Meg,…
00:29:24 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts
In the fall of 2015, photographer Pete McBride and writer Kevin Fedarko embarked on a journey to rally support to protect one of our most awe-inspiring national treasures: the Grand Canyon. Their met…
00:51:57 |
Fri 30 May 2025
Rob Pope: Superhuman
In 1994, Forrest Gump took the box-office by storm and became a staple of cable TV reruns in the following decades. Its feel good message about a simple man who lived life heart first struck a chord,…
00:35:53 |
Fri 23 May 2025
Mr. H's Pivot
Mild-mannered, elementary school teacher Jason Hardrath may be a superhero. After competing in college as a cross country athlete, he turned to triathlons and then Iron Mans to push the limits of his…
00:41:08 |
Fri 09 May 2025
See You Next Week
Over the last few years, students at Utah State University built a weekly ritual at their school gym to grow the climbing community on campus. When Utah’s legislature passed a contentious bill last y…
00:40:33 |
Fri 25 Apr 2025
Good Good Bad: Bike To Board
Shifting paradigms is hard work, but sometimes it can be a whole heap of Type II Fun as well. In 2019, Stratton Matteson sought to find out if he could get away with only human powered mountain acces…
00:32:45 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
The Shorts– Arise
What does it take to run an ultramarathon? Or top out a boulder that makes you stretch what you think you're capable of? Tenacity. From our seat, we see it happen all the time in our community. Today…
00:38:25 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Running Past History
Just 10 years ago, the director of the Barkley Marathons declared that the race was too tough for any woman to complete it. Meanwhile, Jasmin Paris, a mild-mannered veterinarian from Scotland was sma…
00:44:02 |
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Back To The Boundary Waters
Erik Grams has been taking trips to the Boundary Waters in Minnesota for over 30 years. It's his favorite place in the world. But last year, a fatal accident on a fishing trip that Erik was leading c…
00:27:24 |
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Mountain Reinvention
After his personal life takes a surprise turn, Luis Alonzo dares to reinvent himself by trying something far outside his comfort zone– climbing Mt. Rainier. With a crew of other novice climbers, Luis…
00:58:23 |
Fri 14 Mar 2025
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