The Shorts--Catching Hope

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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"Every day on the mountain and every night at the bar, drinking and partying was as much a part of my life as skiing," remembers Paddy O'Connell. "That is until, of course, they became the only part." We've heard the stories of addicts who found salvation in the outdoors and the outdoor community, but that's not the way the narrative arcs for everyone. For Paddy, recovery looked less like slashing pow turns with his ski-bum buddies, and more like a game of catch with his dad on the back lawn of a treatment facility in Minnesota.

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0:00.0	If the first 50 years were an experiment, to prove that a business could be
0:05.4	responsible and successful, turns out it's not just possible. It's profitable. So
0:12.5	what's next? What's next is simple. It's human power and it's finding the joy
0:17.8	in doing difficult things. What's next is turning capitalism on its head and
0:23.4	putting all our money where our mouth is. What's next is unstoppable. For nearly
0:31.4	50 years Patagonia has given a damn about people and the environment. Find
0:35.8	more at Patagonia.com slash stories.
0:42.8	You're listening to the dirt factories, a production of duct tape then beer, with
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0:57.6	wild.
1:01.4	Hey everyone, just so you know there's some adult language in this episode so if
1:05.2	you're listening with kiddos it might be a good idea to hit pause right about
1:08.9	now. Thanks. I moved to tell you right Colorado in October of 2007 after
1:15.2	visiting from my very first ski experience that previous spring. It wasn't a
1:19.5	town. It wasn't a mountain. To me, tell your
1:23.1	ride was a state of mind. It was a feeling and one I had never experienced before.
1:28.6	I poured myself into skiing and became enamored with the ski bum lifestyle. That
1:34.0	first season I worked as a snowmaker, a lifty, a bouncer in a bar back and I
1:39.5	delivered pizzas. The 2007-2008 winter was one of the deepest tell your ride had
1:45.5	ever seen. I spent every day outside learning how to ski powder and trying to
1:50.5	keep up with my more talented friends. As the snow accumulated, so did my love
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