Bedtime Stories for Wanderers

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2008

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

With his career stalling and idealism flat lining, Ryan Nickum looked into his past to search for the seed of the travel affliction. There was only one person to blame -- his father. What makes the traveler's feet restless? Is it nature or nurture? Writer Ryan Nickum presents Bedtime Stories for Wanderers.

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0:00.0	We found some wood and started to fire and dance even though there wasn't any music.
0:06.0	I went to meetings, I wrote the letters, and pretty soon I wasn't alone.
0:09.0	Get out of the truck when you hide in this field with your surf boards.
0:12.0	There's no way there's going to be waves here.
0:14.0	At Patagonia, we are climbers and skiers.
0:16.0	We are surfers and anglers.
0:17.0	We're activists and dreamers.
0:19.0	Stories of the fabric of our share culture and we're proud to sponsor the dirtbag diaries.
0:24.0	Visit us at Patagonia.com
0:30.0	Ryan, I have your passports here.
0:33.0	Two of them, both of them.
0:35.0	We're going to play a little word association game here.
0:38.0	Ryan, I'm going to go ahead and say a name of country and I want you to come up with the memory that stands out.
0:44.0	A few as possible words.
0:46.0	You ready?
0:47.0	I'm ready.
0:48.0	I'm going to randomly look at this thing and Armenia.
0:53.0	Like Georgia, but with Lebanese restaurants and more vodka.
0:56.0	Mexico.
0:58.0	Surfing on Baja while my friend's 18-year-old Swedish exchange student cousin hangs out on the beach.
1:04.0	Let's make this a little quicker.
1:05.0	Okay.
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