Stepping Stones

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2012

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Jessie Stone has a resume that would make any dirtbag proud -- raft guide, pro whitewater kayaker and member of the US freestyle kayak team. At the end of that list is medical doctor. And the director of the Soft Power Health Clinic in Uganda. She is a career shape shifter. who followed her passions and ended up in an unexpected place. How do you know when it's time to step out of the current and follow an alternative path? Trevor Clark traveled to Uganda to tell Jessie's story. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

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0:00.0	I've been involved in the Patagonia field testing program for over 20 years right now.
0:08.3	For silent sports done in nature.
0:10.3	That's the feeling.
0:11.3	That's the feeling that I fell in love with with climate.
0:14.5	Cause no one necessary harm.
0:15.9	So organic cotton and recycle polyester to recycling the clothing to measuring our carbon
0:21.6	footprint.
0:22.6	Inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis to give some love back to the server
0:28.0	that doesn't happen.
0:29.6	It's not getting any love.
0:31.5	See what drives us at Patagonia.com.
0:36.7	With additional support from Kuat racks and new Belgian brewing.
0:41.6	My story starts before smartphones made maps obsolete.
0:46.1	Before text messaging made phone calls obsolete.
0:49.0	Back then coverage was spotty and cell phones.
0:51.8	If you were an early adopter, they had these sweet retractable antennas.
0:57.3	So sick.
0:59.0	I was 23 years old, two weeks fresh out of college.
1:01.9	I just lost my apprenticeship out of paper.
1:03.7	So I quit paying rent and moved into my friends at West Folly a van.
1:07.6	We crushed as many rock climbs as possible from the hours of 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
1:12.0	It was springing the desert.
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