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The Dirtbag Diaries

Mileposts--The Grit to Make it Happen

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

"If you go on some really big, really ambitious trip or you have some enormous goal, if you look at the big picture all the time, it's too intimidating, it's too big, it seems too insurmountable," says Jim Harris. "If you break it down into the next move, or the next pitch, or the next day of hiking, or the next rapid or whatever it is, those chunks are manageable. And there's a lot of aspects to spine injuries that are that same way." A year and a half ago, Jim traveled to Patagonia to attempt a 350-mile traverse of the Patagonian ice cap via kite-ski and packraft. But before the team even made it out of town, Jim was practicing with his kite when an errant gust of wind pulled him into the air and the slammed him back into the ground, breaking seven vertebrae and rendering him paralyzed. For the fifth installment of our Mileposts series, we travel to Grand Teton National Park to bring you a story of how much these places we love can take away from us, and about how, sometimes, those same places can teach us the skills we need to come back. You can find Jim's photography at: http://www.perpetualweekend.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0

To unlock new experiences, you have to go past the parking lot,

0:04.3

past the ranger station, past the places you know.

0:08.6

Our national parks are our national treasure.

0:11.8

Places ancient, epic, and wild.

0:16.4

Where moments are simple and friendships come alive.

0:20.5

To celebrate the centennial of our national parks,

0:23.5

our team at REI wants to help you to go deeper

0:27.1

and explore our nation's most inspiring places.

0:30.7

REI, a life outdoors, is a life well lived.

0:37.0

You're listening to The Jurpaq Darius,

0:39.1

a production of duct tape then beer,

0:41.5

with additional support from Patagonia,

0:43.8

Kuat Raks, and Fireside Providens.

0:51.6

In November of 2014,

0:54.8

I flew down to Punto Arena, Chile with two friends.

0:59.4

We had planned this pretty elaborate,

1:01.8

really challenging 350 miles,

1:04.1

ski trovers down the length of the Patagonia ice cap.

1:07.3

This is Jim Harris.

1:09.4

It had been my idea, and I sold Jim on the idea,

1:12.2

of combining pack rafting skiing,

1:15.1

which potentially would have allowed us to access

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