The Shorts--Vanlife

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

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🗓️ 13 January 2017

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

"I have now officially sold out," writes Chris Kalman. "I work more than I climb. I pay rent and sleep in a house I'm getting rich off of writing--so rich, in fact, that I do my grocery shopping inside the store now." Today, we bring you the story of Chris's life through the eras of three vans, "Ford," "Chevy" and "Van," to his current, nameless fancypants car. How do you reconcile a dirtbag soul with changing goals and dreams? You can find more of Chris's writing at FringesFolly.com

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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
0:47.4	additional support from Kuwait because you love your bike. A.G.1, foundational
0:52.6	nutrition that supports whole body health and yeti products built for the
0:57.6	wild.
1:05.4	I'll tell you what freedom is. Freedom is the wide open road, slow-as 1995 Ford
1:12.4	AeroStar and your parents house disappearing behind you in the rearview mirror
1:16.7	as you head west. I know because I was there. In the winter of 2010 upon
1:22.8	returning from a sport climbing trip to Spain, my dad informed me that he
1:26.4	couldn't tell me what to do with my life, but he sure his hell didn't have to
1:29.9	facilitate my climbing bum lifestyle. His main gripe was that I left all my
1:34.5	shit in his house to go on month-long vacations whenever I wanted and that
1:38.4	that was tantamount to free-loading. What should I do? I asked his sister, my aunt
1:43.8	Jan, given what he wants she told me, buy a van, buy some tupperwares, put your
1:49.4	shit in the tupperwares and put the tupperwares in the van. And I did just that. I
1:54.0	built a bed platform with wood scraps I found lying around my parents garage and
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