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The Dirtbag Diaries

Three Wheelin'

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Every July, nearly 20,000 cyclists from around the world swarm the roads of Iowa for one week to ride across the state. It’s hot. It’s humid. And it’s not as flat as one may think. Iowa resident Caleb Smith shares his personal journey of RAGBRAI, complete with a buffet of midwestern charm: homemade pies, barn parties, sunsets over fields of corn. But he doesn’t ride a bike, he inline skates.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Patagonia has just launched a podcast, Patagonia Stories. In each episode,

0:04.6

host our Chana Rom will explore how we gather knowledge and ask questions about our relationship

0:09.9

to each other in the natural world. Questions like, how are lessons passed down through generations

0:15.0

to help us feel at home? What barriers prevent us from acquiring natural wisdom? How can we adapt

0:21.9

in the face for rapidly changing climate? There's so much more to come. You can find the first season

0:27.6

of Patagonia Stories wherever you get your podcasts.

0:34.2

You're listening to The Derback Daryl, a production of Duck Tape Than Beer, with additional support

0:39.3

from Kuat Racks because you love your bike, athletic greens, the daily drink for healthier you,

0:46.0

and kicking horse coffee, wake up and kick ass.

0:49.6

Kodalia, how are you doing? Good, how are you, Fitz? Good. So there's some weight in this world and

1:00.2

it's like, it's my own weight and other people are going through more weight and I know that, but like,

1:05.6

I just need it a good story. And like, goofy, weird stuff can have deep meaning. And sometimes

1:14.8

it's got deep meaning because it makes us laugh. And sometimes it's got deep meaning because it

1:20.0

actually, there's something wonderfully delightful about people taking bizarre chances and doing

1:29.7

something cool and having a good time doing it. And that is what we had today. And I was just

1:36.4

like reading through this thing. I was just like, I cannot believe this. I, so for like 10 years,

1:42.9

I worked at National Geographic. I helped them organize their National Geographic Adventures

1:46.8

of the Year. Like, I would go through all these things that people had done in the world, like,

1:52.9

random stuff. I mean, some random, random things that were like considered first or strange things.

1:59.9

And I have never heard anything like this in it happens in Iowa.

2:04.0

Today, Caleb Smith is going to take us on a journey on wheels through the heart of Iowa. So get ready

2:14.0

for some corn fields, some farm parties, and a lot of Midwestern charm. I'm Fitzgahaw. I'm Cordelia Zars.

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