The Shorts--The Skin Track

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

With a professional ski guide for a dad and a skin instructor for a mom, Nina Hance learned early how to set a steep skin track and charge hard. At 20, she started to work toward her ski guide certification and got a job as an apprentice guide for a heli operation in Alaska. Imagine her delight when, her first week of college, she met Olivia, climber skier and aspiring avalanche forecaster: the ultimate female adventure companion. "She taught me how to party hard, and I made her wake up early for powder days," says Nina. "Whether in deep conversation over a bottle of wine, swapping leads on a multi-pitch, or giggling in the skin track, we couldn't get enough of each other." Then, one morning, Nina awoke to a phone full of missed calls from mutual friends, and the terrible realization that she would have to find a new way to love the mountains.

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0:00.0	My boys were in high school, my wife and I both worked.
0:03.0	Life was busy, but we knew we had to get outside to stay happy.
0:06.5	Fridays we could have the camping gear in the car and hit the road to go semini by 5.30.
0:12.0	But then there was the food.
0:14.0	I'm Kip Clifton and I started fireside provisions to help people like me
0:19.0	get out of the city and go camp more easily and more often.
0:22.0	Just go to firesideprovisual.com before your next camping trip.
0:26.0	Choose from a variety of affordable meals created by award-winning chefs.
0:30.5	Then select your dates and number of friends.
0:33.0	We'll deliver the food straight to your door the day before you leave.
0:37.0	Fireside provisions, delicious meals made for the outdoors.
0:45.0	You're listening to the Dirt Pack Darius, a production of duct tape then beer,
0:49.0	with additional support from Patagonia, Kuat Racks and RRI.
0:56.0	The Dirt Pack Darius, a production of the Dirt Pack Darius,
1:01.0	was a product of the Dirt Pack Darius.
1:05.0	The Dirt Pack Darius, a production of the Dirt Pack Darius,
1:09.0	was a product of the Dirt Pack Darius.
1:12.0	My dad's skin track went straight up and I couldn't see him anymore.
1:16.0	I started to cry, but knew even if he heard me he wouldn't come back to help.
1:21.0	I didn't want to go anymore.
1:24.0	I hated this. Why couldn't we just ride the lifts?
1:28.0	After a few minutes, I took a breath and made another step.
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