Running 50 Classics

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Andy Cochrane hails from a Park Service cabin in Minnesota and has lived the life many dirtbags dream of. He spent years on the road, funding his travel through skillful storytelling and photography. While out on a long trail run, he realized something was missing, and decided to create it. As he brought friends and community members on board, he discovered someone else had the same idea. It quickly starts to look like Andy, Ian MacLellan and Rickey Gates are in a race to complete the 50 Classic Trails of North America, and the result will undoubtedly shape the future of trail running. Support comes from Oboz Darn Tough Free shipping on any order with code DIRTBAG Kuat Racks Ka’Chava New customers get $20 off an order of 2 bags or more at https://kachava.com 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.
0:04.8	Skylar, dude, I haven't seen you in a hot second.
0:07.9	It's good to see you.
0:09.3	Happy New Year's.
0:10.2	Yeah, it's good to be back in Seattle for a brief moment.
0:14.2	And happy New Year's to you too.
0:15.9	It is a brief moment.
0:17.1	As is the tradition, we do show about turning ideas into realities for New Year's.
0:22.2	And Skyler, I got, I don't really remember very many emails I get. I mean, they sort of blur
0:26.5	together, right? But you sent me one of the most interesting emails I got in all of 2025.
0:32.6	Can you pull it up and read it for us? Yeah, so I think I titled it, um, Little Life Update, which may have
0:40.1	been a bit of an understatement. And at the time, I was living down in the Southwest for a brief
0:45.5	moment. And I didn't really know what was coming next. This email was the marker of what would be coming next. So I got an offer to
0:58.5	basically go live in this cabin in the backcountry in Montana. At first, I thought it was a scam
1:06.2	because it seemed too good to be true. And then once I actually talked to him and realized it was real,
1:11.5	I asked if I could think about it over the weekend. And by the next day, I texted him back and I was
1:17.2	like, hey, yeah, this is kind of a no-brainer. Like, yeah, I'm in. Then shortly after that,
1:22.8	I sent you this email detailing how in January and February of 2026, I would be spending my time
1:30.5	out in this cabin in the backcountry in the mountains of Montana, taking care of the place,
1:37.7	and having incredible access to backcountry skiing and snowboarding for the whole time. Needless to say, I was pretty psyched.
1:46.5	Yeah, and Becca and I thought it was awesome. I mean, it doesn't mean you're leaving the Dirkag Diaries or
1:50.8	duct tape of beer. You're just like, they have Starlink, which is just kind of like a wild thing.
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