More Than Just a Camping Trip

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2014

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

"Death-by-lightning-strike statistics kept swirling through my head, causing me to push my 13-year-old daughter to the very limits of her physical ability. We were on her Trip," writes Otto Gallaher. Today, we bring you the story of a rite-of-passage tradition in Otto's family simply known as 'The Trip'. What outdoor traditions does your family keep? CLICK HERE TO LISTEN You can find more photos of Otto and Riley's trip on Otto's photography website.

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0:00.0	We move outside our comfort zone and seek new experiences to grow.
0:06.0	We find adventure in the epic and the everyday.
0:09.0	We travel to broaden our horizons and engage with nature.
0:13.0	We are most at home in remote landscapes and far away places,
0:17.0	but never far from our community of passionate dreamers and wanderers.
0:22.0	We are Chaconians.
0:24.0	Join the ChacoSphere at ChacoS.com.
0:29.0	Where were your ChacoS go?
0:36.0	This is the Shorts, and you're listening to the Dirtback Diaries,
0:40.0	a duct tape and beer production,
0:42.0	with additional support from New Belgium Brewing,
0:45.0	Kuat Racks and Patagonia.
0:52.0	We were far above Timberline.
0:54.0	It was well-passed noon.
0:57.0	Morning clouds had turned dark and started producing scattered thunderstorms.
1:02.0	The mountain towering above us to the west blocked any preview of incoming storms.
1:07.0	Our trail offered no escape path,
1:10.0	and the late summer Alpine terrain offered no shelter.
1:15.0	We were exposed.
1:17.0	Death by lightning strikes statistics kept swirling through my head.
1:22.0	Our only hope of shelter was to continue hauling our full packs
1:27.0	up the 12,700-foot pass in front of us and get below treeline on the other side.
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