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
Beyond Mountains
In 2016, Danika Gilbert, started teaching leadership and climbing skills to girls in Afghanistan. Beyond the technical skills, Danika hoped the experiences would translate to strength and confidence …
00:40:08 |
Fri 09 Sep 2022
Flip Trip
25-year-old raft guides Tony Martin and Martin Lenz meet their clients for the week: 24 retired corporate oil and gas execs, who want their fancy river trip to go– Just. As. Planned. Ever had that ad…
00:38:38 |
Fri 26 Aug 2022
The Shorts-- Look For Butterflies
For Sierra Meggitt, trail running was a way to heal from the trauma of sexual assault. On her biggest run yet, she embraces both pain and beauty.
00:16:04 |
Fri 12 Aug 2022
¡Con Ganas!
Colorado is a mountain biking mecca. Yet some mountain-town locals have never experienced the wonders of singletrack trails. Today, we travel to Dillon, Colorado where one cycling nonprofit helps a g…
00:38:57 |
Fri 22 Jul 2022
Ask Us, We’ve Been There
“I definitely did not want to become a businessman,” remembers Rod Johnson, founder of Midwest Mountaineering. In the 1960’s, no Minneapolis outdoor shop sold climbing gear. So, Rod set up an impromp…
00:38:28 |
Fri 08 Jul 2022
The Shorts--Roundabout River
The Colorado River is supposed to be chocolatey brown, not a vibrant blue-green like it is just below the Glen Canyon Dam. Chris Kalman had written off spending any time in those unnatural, human-aff…
00:12:53 |
Fri 24 Jun 2022
Bananas and Peanut Butter
Quinn Brett has been an endurance athlete for most of her adult life. From first ascents in Patagonia and Greenland to running across Zion and the Grand Canyon, her life revolved around putting one f…
00:30:50 |
Fri 10 Jun 2022
You Slept Where?
Inspired by a pitch from a listener, we rounded up the Dirtbag Diaries team to chat about the most ridiculous places we’ve ever slept.
Want to share an amusing story about where you’ve slept? Tag u…
00:29:34 |
Fri 27 May 2022
The Shorts--Long Walk to Happiness
With dirt under her fingernails and sun on her cheeks, Emily Benington’s thru-hike of the PCT eased the mental health struggles she’d had in London. But when she returned to the city, her anxiety and…
00:16:43 |
Fri 13 May 2022
Crash And Burn
Drive it until it dies. That’s the motto Fitz lived by as he crisscrossed the West in his truck, Crash. Family members would doubtfully ask, “Are you sure you want to drive there?” Friends asked abou…
00:24:53 |
Fri 22 Apr 2022
Rick's Rickshaw
Steven Walker has spent a lifetime canoeing and kayaking wild rivers throughout Canada. His idea of adventure consisted of a healthy dose of fear and first descents. In 2020, he had the opportunity t…
00:35:17 |
Fri 08 Apr 2022
The Shorts--Take The Bike
Patrick Davison grew up on a bike, exploring his neighborhood with family and friends. But as he grew older, he began to forget the simple joy of seeing the world on two wheels. Years later, he redis…
00:14:45 |
Fri 25 Mar 2022
Close Quarters
Nineteen year old Kiko Lopez had never set foot on a boat when he accepted an invitation to sail from Maine to the Bahamas with three friends. Choosing to leave the world of virtual classrooms behind…
00:32:37 |
Fri 11 Mar 2022
Out of Bounds
When Gary Lacy heard his boss’s daughter was joining their company ski trip, he tried to bail. “She’s probably 13, and from Boulder so she'll be a wacko,” Gary remembers thinking. Leslie turned out t…
00:31:44 |
Fri 25 Feb 2022
The Shorts--Suzie's Line
When first-grade teacher Madeigh Winsor-McCarron’s life changed in 2020, she had a hard time coaxing herself to get out the door. Zoom classes, fear about the future, and isolation threatened her men…
00:10:57 |
Fri 11 Feb 2022
Play It By Ear
Kyle McCrohan loves outdoor sports, and for years he chased the goals that many of us share – bigger, stronger, faster. But when he set out to make an ambitious winter ascent of an ice route on Sloan…
00:40:13 |
Fri 28 Jan 2022
The Year of Big Ideas 2022
After Jon-Erick Anés moved from Puerto Rico to Florida, he struggled to find direction in his life. He kept repeating unhealthy patterns and feeling stuck in his relationships. When his older brother…
00:36:52 |
Fri 14 Jan 2022
Winter Vacation
While most people curled up on the couch with a mug of hot cocoa, Emily Ford set out in the frigid winter to thru-hike Wisconsin’s 1200 mile Ice Age Trail. Over the course of their two and a half mon…
00:36:56 |
Tue 28 Dec 2021
The Best Gift: Make And Share
Create and make new again. After his Great Uncle Jack passed away, Noah Manke took a pair of his Uncle’s old jeans, complete with holes, oil stains and paint, and turned them into something new. It w…
00:08:44 |
Fri 24 Dec 2021
The Best Gift: An Old Bike
Better than new. Pass along cherished gear, surprise a loved one with the gift of repair and keep a good story going. Shanon Castle received a rad bike as a gift from her parents when she was 13, but…
00:11:37 |
Mon 20 Dec 2021
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