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The Dirtbag Diaries

Good Good Bad: Bike To Board

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

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 access for a whole year. Five years into his quest, he shares what he’s learned. Support comes from Kuat Racks  Terns Use code DIRTBAG to save 25% off your first order Oboz Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today. Fitz will be in Colorado for two States of Adventure book presentations in May. Join us! May 1st at Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder (RSVP here) May 2nd at Feral in Denver (RSVP here)

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's a lot going on in the world right now.

0:02.1

I feel like the news is like dropping into the iciest re-frozen mogul field.

0:07.6

We're left with bad news, but never any way to understand why something has happened

0:11.9

or how we can have an impact.

0:14.2

Once a month, we're going to follow up on the headlines that momentarily captivated our

0:18.2

outdoor community, but the rest of the media was too busy to follow

0:21.4

up on. Our new series, and then what, runs after the show across all episodes for about a month.

0:28.0

Tune in or not, but it's here if you need it. The Diaries is supported by never quitting on a bad day.

0:36.6

Remember that time when you helped us carry out a dying man's wish

0:39.9

and got Paul's boots across the Appalachian Trail?

0:42.6

All 2190 miles relay style.

0:46.6

And during that process, we learned from the hiking community

0:48.8

that you never quit on a bad day.

0:51.9

When things go haywire, you just keep going, you regain your composure,

0:55.8

you keep walking. And that has been like a mantra for us over the last few years, because there

1:00.8

have been some bad days where we weren't sure how we'd make the diaries work. But an amazing thing

1:05.6

has happened. We asked for your help. Could you support the show? Could you keep it going for the next generation of people out there chasing dreams?

1:13.8

And many of you did by becoming Diaries Plus members.

1:17.9

Across all our platforms, we have 100,000 subscribers.

1:21.0

Right now, there are a little more than 1% of you that have stepped up and said,

1:26.2

I care about this product. I will power it. It's meant

1:29.3

something to me. But what could we do if that number went to 3% or to 5%? What kind of

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