The Shorts-- The Clearing

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

When big transitional moments occur in our lives, the way we navigate them and what helps shift our perspective can often come from unexpected places. After graduation and a summer of feeling melancholy, Carol Doyle challenged herself to a 50 mile bike ride hoping it would remove the figurative goggles that obscured the world around her. Heartbroken and seeking solitude at his family’s cabin, Ben Burke is unexpectedly joined by his dad. Support comes from Oboz Kuat Racks Terns Use code DIRTBAG to save 25% off your first order 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	Stay tuned after the episode to hear our latest edition of And Then What.
0:04.3	For 18 years, the Diaries has been in the business of getting you out there, doing what you love, with the people you love.
0:11.5	Pushing you to maybe see a different way or a different path through life and realizing that others have done this before.
0:19.7	We know when we tell stories about people doing hard things, chasing dreams, working for their
0:25.5	communities, and being curious, it begets more of that.
0:29.3	It's infectious.
0:30.7	Good things can happen.
0:33.0	Right now, we're doing that with the show.
0:35.0	We need you to keep this project going.
0:38.5	That's the reality of the modern internet. To keep inspiration alive and the thoughtful stories and the laughter
0:44.3	going, some of you have come forward and stepped up and joined the Diaries Plus, but we need more of you.
0:49.9	We need a bigger community saying this kind of project matters in this world.
0:56.1	Diaries Plus is the tool that we make that happen with.
0:59.6	So please consider becoming a member of Diaries Plus.
1:03.4	There's a link in the show notes.
1:05.3	You become a part of something.
1:07.2	You become part of the inspiration, part of the creativity and the community,
1:11.2	and we thank you for that. And I think we can build the show into the powerful thing
1:17.3	it's been and the powerful thing it's going to become together. The link is in the show notes.
1:23.3	We're on our website, dirtbagdarees.com. Here's to more type 2 fun.
1:29.9	Here's to being part something positive.
1:33.5	On a sweltering spring afternoon in May,
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