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The Dirtbag Diaries

Mr. H's Pivot

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Mild-mannered, elementary school teacher Jason Hardrath may be a superhero. After competing in college as a cross country athlete, he turned to triathlons and then Iron Mans to push the limits of his endurance. Simultaneously, he developed his skills in the mountains and soon sought to combine the two, setting an audacious goal-- the first person to complete 100 Fastest Known Time (FKT). Jason's endurance and commitment seemed unending. That is, until he got COVID. Cascade Trifecta FKT Long COVID resources Support comes from Kuat Racks  Oboz  Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today. Public Lands in Public Hands Caucus Has your Representative has joined the new caucus?   Find Your US Representative Find your Representative's phone number. Call them! Your message can be simple– I’m a constituent who loves public lands. I’m urging Representative XX to ask leadership to remove the public lands sell off from the reconciliation bill.   Then What Actions Call your Senators at 202-224-3121 ⁠⁠Or write⁠⁠ them

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 refrozen 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 up on.

0:22.1

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.

0:31.9

Hello, it's Fitz.

0:34.3

I hope the incredible spring weather we are having right now is finding you wherever you

0:38.9

are. It is so nice out. And it's kind of hard to be in this booth right now when it's like this

0:47.0

nice. But perfect weather aside, I am still very grateful to be here right now working on the show.

0:56.8

Because a lot of you know that about a year ago,

1:00.4

Becca and I weren't totally sure whether we'd be able to keep this show going.

1:05.3

As a business, it felt like the floor seemed to drop out from underneath us in the end of

1:10.5

2023 and the beginning of 2024. All these big shifts in the internet the economy and

1:15.4

the outdoor industry they all happened right at once and fortunately we kind of saw it coming a

1:21.4

little bit so we weren't caught totally flat-footed and even more, the community stepped up through Diaries Plus to power the show through membership.

1:31.1

And that meant that we get to keep trying.

1:34.4

We get to keep trying to make this work.

1:36.6

And that's been awesome.

1:38.4

But that said, it was not a fun period to go through.

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