The Cowboy and the Maiden

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2009

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In September 2008, Chad Kellogg and climbing partner Dylan Johnson stood atop 6250-meter Siguniang in Western China after completing the 10,000-foot-long SW Ridge. The two friends endured days without water and several sleepless nights. Summits fade, routes disappear into alpinists’ memory, but occasionally mountains extend back into life on level ground. Sometimes we don’t just want to climb a mountain. We need to.

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0:00.0	Around four of the clouds cleared, we were able to see the full moon across the valley.
0:06.0	It was part of something bigger, or it was part of a moon.
0:09.0	We wake up inside of perfect swells coming off the point, and from then on, I said,
0:13.0	I will always buy the last round of drinks.
0:16.0	At Patagonia, we are climbers and skiers.
0:18.0	We are surfers and anglers.
0:20.0	We're activists and dreamers.
0:21.0	Stories of the fabric of our share culture and we're proud to sponsor the dirtbag diaries.
0:26.0	Visit us at Patagonia.com
0:30.0	Music
0:38.0	Last fall, I was procrastinating.
0:41.0	Just once I swear, really.
0:44.0	And anyway, I was doing what you do when you procrastinate.
0:47.0	I was reading about other people's trips when I came across this headline on the alpanist.
0:52.0	First descent of the southwest ridge of Sagooniaing.
0:55.0	Cool, straight forward.
0:57.0	Set an alpine ridge in the Greater Himalaya.
0:59.0	I'll read about that.
1:00.0	I'm procrastinating after all.
1:02.0	Sweet.
1:03.0	On September 21st through the 30th, Chad Kellogg and I.
1:06.0	This is Climber Dillon Johnson riding this.
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