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The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

"As a mom, you have no book that tells you the right way to take care of your kids through bad times," says Bonnie Elozory, mother of four. For seven-years, the Elozory family weathered a relentless streak of bad luck. With no instructions on how to pull her family out of the muck, Bonnie got creative. When her husband nudged Bonnie to rekindle her dream to hike the Appalachian Trail, she latched on to the idea. And decided to take the kids. "Oh my gosh," Bonnie remembers thinking, "this is going to save our lives." *This episode contains discussions about assault. If you're listening with young ears, or have sensitive ears, you may want to skip this one. Click here to read Bonnie's blog from the trail.

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0:00.0	Of course, like every other teenage kid, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.
0:06.2	When I was 16 years old, I took off and drove across the country to Wyoming, went into
0:12.0	the Wind River Range and discovered mountains.
0:15.6	In 1973, Yvonne Chinard founded Patagonia.
0:18.8	I never wanted to be a businessman.
0:23.4	All I wanted to do was do my craft and climb mountains.
0:29.9	So then I had to figure out a way to where I was going to be a businessman, but I was
0:36.4	going to do it completely on my own terms.
0:40.0	Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, inspire and implement solutions to the
0:46.2	environmental crisis.
0:48.3	Join us at Patagonia.com.
0:54.2	So just a quick heads up.
0:56.1	This episode contains discussions about assault.
0:59.5	So if you're listening with young years or have particularly sensitive years, it might
1:04.3	be better to just catch us on the next episode and tune out now.
1:11.2	You're listening to The Dirt Backed Areas, a production of duct tape then beer, with
1:15.5	additional support from REI, fireside provisions and Kuat racks.
1:23.2	As a mom, you have no book that tells you the right way to take care of your kids through
1:29.5	bad times.
1:31.0	Ultimately, I was getting very, very depleted from trying to be the battery that the
1:36.0	whole family tapped into, but I wasn't recharging that battery.
1:39.5	So as I was trying to keep everybody else afloat, I was sinking fast.
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