EP 219: Fitz Cahall (The Dirtbag Diaries, Climbing Gold) — A Lifetime of Storytelling, Taking Authorship of Your Time, and Being Pro But Not Fancy

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Steven Dimmitt

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4.0 • 589 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 152 minutes

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Summary

Fitz Cahall is the cofounder of Duct Tape Then Beer, and the creator of The Dirtbag Diaries and Climbing Gold with Alex Honnold. We talked about the early days of the internet, what podcasting was like in 2007, being on the fringe, storytelling, virtual reality, spending your time on the right things, the unglamorous parts of our work, results vs. success, his new book States of Adventure, and much more!

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Nugget Climbing Podcast. This is your host, Stephen Dimmit.
0:08.6	And today's episode has a lot more to do with podcasting and climbing media than it has to do with
0:15.9	climbing itself. My guest today is a climber. Fitzcahawal is a very accomplished climber, actually. He's climbed
0:22.6	513 plus. He's on-sided 512 trad, but we didn't spend very much time talking about climbing today.
0:29.8	I was really excited to have Fitz on the show. He's someone who I really admire in the climbing media
0:36.3	landscape and in podcasting in particular.
0:39.4	Fitz is the co-founder of Duct Tape Than Beer, which is a production company.
0:43.7	They make podcasts.
0:45.3	They make films.
0:46.8	He started a podcast called The Dirtbag Diaries back in 2007, back when you had to download podcasts on iTunes and transfer them over to your iPod.
0:59.4	Before I even knew what a podcast was, he started The Dirtbag Diaries.
1:02.8	It's been running for 17 years now.
1:05.0	It's been downloaded over 20 million times.
1:08.2	And I was really excited to hear how that got started and how he's been able to
1:13.1	stick with it and be so consistent with his creativity, with his curiosity, with his storytelling
1:19.5	for so many years. I figured I had a lot to learn from fits and I did. I really enjoyed our
1:25.9	conversation, especially the second half of this
1:27.8	conversation we got into how he guards his time and his creativity. And I really enjoyed that.
1:34.8	He had some really great insights for me and for any creatives out there who are listening.
1:39.9	Fitz is also the co-creator of Climbing Gold with Alex Honnold.
1:48.5	That's probably the most successful climbing podcast out there.
1:52.1	It's a lot different in its format than this show,
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