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The Dirtbag Diaries

O Tannenbaum

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2008

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

For the last five years, I have been stingier than Scrooge when it comes to a Yule Tree. In 2008, I’m a changed man. Armed with a handsaw and empowered by a National Forest permit, I wandered out into the Cascades to search for the perfect Christmas tree.

Transcript

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We found some wood and started to fire and dance, even though there wasn't any music.

0:06.0

I went to meetings, I wrote the letters, and pretty soon I wasn't alone.

0:09.0

Get out of the truck when you hide in this field with your surf boards.

0:12.0

There's no way there's going to be waves here.

0:14.0

At Patagonia, we are climbers and skiers.

0:16.0

We are surfers and anglers.

0:17.0

We're activists and dreamers.

0:19.0

Stories of the fabric of our share culture and we're proud to sponsor the dirtbag diaries.

0:24.0

Visit us at Patagonia.com

0:30.0

I know, I know, it's been a while you're wondering where the dirtbag diaries are.

0:45.0

But I've got an excuse.

0:47.0

A really good one.

0:48.0

And it goes a little something like this.

0:54.0

For the month of November, I was up in Canada.

0:57.0

I'm in this hotel room taking a shower, but I'm late for a meeting.

1:01.0

I'm in a hurry.

1:02.0

And I'm sitting there watching my hair and I slip and I catch myself.

1:06.0

And it's like, have your slip up ice and you manage to stop yourself.

1:10.0

But you're over-correct and for a moment it feels like you're not going to fall.

1:14.0

But then all of a sudden you just go down twice as hard as you would if you just let yourself fall.

1:18.0

So I eject out of the tub.

1:20.0

I grabbed the shower curtain.

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