The Shorts – Family Ties

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The bonds we forge during mountain adventures and shared experiences, especially with family, can profoundly shape us. Explorer and author Mark Jenkins reflects on learning to rock climb in Vedauwoo from his swim Coach, and how those lessons permeated his life and eventually into teaching his own daughters how to climb. Oak Jones's childhood was defined by keeping pace with his two older brothers. Though their paths have diverged, Oak organized a raft trip, because, he writes, “Relationships, like plants, need fresh water to grow.” Would their flimsy paddles be enough to navigate the Arkansas river? Support comes from Kuat Racks Oboz Washington Discover Pass: Get your Pass at discoverpass.wa.gov Ka’Chava Go to https://kachava.com and use code DIARIES for 15% off your next order. Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today.

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0:00.0	The sun is setting a little earlier.
0:07.7	Leaves are starting to fall.
0:09.2	And we're seeking stories for our annual Tales of Terror episode.
0:13.7	That's right.
0:14.2	We're chasing them down.
0:15.4	If you have a tale that will send us running to buy a brighter headlamp or out of the woods entirely,
0:20.9	please send it in.
0:22.2	You can use the submission form on our website, durbagdaries.com, under the tab, write for us.
0:27.5	We'll put a link in the show notes.
0:29.4	We need your spooky tale by September 30th or else.
0:38.1	Stay tuned after the episode to hear our latest edition of
0:41.4	And Then What.
0:45.4	For 18 years, the Diaries has been in the business of getting you out there,
0:49.3	doing what you love with the people you love,
0:53.1	pushing you to maybe see a different way or a different path
0:57.0	through life and realizing that others have done this before. We know when we tell stories about
1:03.2	people doing hard things, chasing dreams, working for their communities, and being curious,
1:09.0	it begets more of that. It's infectious. Good things can
1:13.1	happen. Right now, we're doing that with the show. We need you to keep this project going. That's the
1:19.5	reality of the modern internet. To keep inspiration alive and the thoughtful stories and the laughter
1:25.7	going, some of you have come forward and stepped up and joined the Diaries Plus,
1:30.2	but we need more of you.
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