Mothers Have it Hardest

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2014

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

"I remember really quickly going from, 'Wow, I'm home, this feels great', to 'Holy s***, what did I do to my mom'?" says alpinist Kyle Dempster. "And that was the first time I saw how truly difficult it is for mothers." Today, we bring you two stories--one from Hilary Oliver, and one from Kyle Dempster and his mother, Terry--about the struggle of loving an adventurer. The struggle between loving them so much that you don't want to see them hurt, and loving them so much that you want to support them in pursuing their dreams--in doing the things that make them tick. This story was originally inspired by one of Kyle's blog posts by the same title. You can find more of Kyle's writing at Through My Eyes. You can find Hilary's writing at TheGription. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

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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.
0:06.8	When I was 16 years old, I took off and drove across the country to Wyoming.
0:11.8	Went into the Wind River Range and discovered mountains.
0:15.5	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.
0:29.8	So then I had to figure out a way to where I was going to be a businessman, but I was going
0:36.5	to do it completely on my own terms.
0:39.9	Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, inspire and implement solutions to the
0:46.1	environmental crisis.
0:48.3	Join us at Patagonia.com
0:55.8	Welcome to the Dirt Pack Daries, a duct tape and beer production.
1:00.7	With additional support from New Belgium Brewing, Kuat Rax and Chaco.
1:07.2	I think I'm starting the recorder.
1:21.0	I guess just start with a moment where you're in the van and February in Moab.
1:28.0	Okay.
1:29.0	We were in Moab.
1:30.7	It was cold.
1:33.3	I remember sitting in the back of the van and the windows are kind of frosted up.
1:37.7	I'm sitting there trying to work and not able to focus.
1:42.6	I'm looking over at Brendan going, how are you able to focus on what you're doing right
1:46.4	now?
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