The Accidental Journalist

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2010

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In August 2008, 11 climbers lost their lives on K2. The ensuing media frenzy was just that -- a frenzy. What really happened up there? Freddie Wilkinson, started asking questions and in the process he found himself chasing an incredible story. You don't need a journalism degree or a press pass to be a reporter.

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0:00.0	I've been involved in the Patagonia field testing program for over 20 years right now.
0:08.4	For silent sports done in nature.
0:10.4	That's the feeling.
0:11.4	That's the feeling that I fell in love with with climate.
0:14.5	Cause no one necessary harm.
0:15.9	It's a organic cotton and recycle polyester to recycling the clothing to measuring our
0:21.3	carbon footprint, inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.
0:26.5	So give some love back to this river that doesn't happen.
0:29.6	It's not getting any love.
0:31.6	See what drives us at Patagonia.com.
0:34.8	With additional support from Kuat Racks and New Belgium Brewing.
0:39.8	How do you do what you do?
0:42.2	How do you find these stories?
0:44.3	Do you need to go to journalism school?
0:46.6	Out of all the questions I get from listeners, these three are the most common.
0:50.4	And the hardest for me to answer.
0:53.7	Let's see, I flipped through some old emails here and to one person I wrote just do it.
0:58.9	Like I'm Michael Jordan or something.
1:00.4	And in this email, I dropped this little insightful nugget.
1:03.8	Be passionate about what you love.
1:07.2	Sound like an asshole.
1:12.4	Maybe the closest I've come to providing a succinct answer is you have to be curious.
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