Nate George: Ground Up

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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From a very young age, Nate George learned that if he wanted anything in this world, it was easier to just build it from scratch. In 2016, Nate opened a climbing gym in an old potato shed, financing it with revenue from his computer export business. Nate's return on investment was fostering a stoked climbing community in the flattest area of the United Kingdom. Support comes from Darn Tough Free shipping on any order with code DIRTBAG ⁠Oboz⁠ Ka’Chava Go to https://kachava.com and use code DIARIES for 15% off your next order. Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today.

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0:00.0	Stay tuned after the episode to hear our latest edition of And Then What?
0:04.0	Fitz.
0:04.8	Marco.
0:05.5	How are you doing?
0:06.1	Good.
0:06.6	How are you?
0:07.6	Good.
0:07.9	Let's always start with the pleasantries, right?
0:09.8	I mean, come on.
0:11.7	I'm curious if you've ever had a moment in the outdoors that you think has changed your life.
0:19.8	Yeah, for sure.
0:20.5	I mean, for sure.
0:22.4	I mean, a lot.
0:27.7	But actually, one funny thing that comes to mind right now is a moment that relates to outdoors,
0:28.6	but it didn't happen outdoors.
0:33.0	And it is the moment that I walked into a climbing gym when I was 19 years old.
0:34.6	Like, straight up.
0:42.9	Stone Gardens, Ballard Locks, walked walked in terrible pea gravel old gym but it was amazing like i was like where has this been my whole life like that it was so pronounced and it changed
0:49.8	the trajectory of my life so much so that it's oftentimes like i think that got more off than not
0:57.1	there are like moments like that where something really does happen you find something and you're just
1:01.9	brought in and you're like where has this been all my life and for me like that first climbing gym i
1:07.3	climbed out was was that thing There is something really powerful about climbing
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