To Infinity

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Chad Kellogg. September 22nd, 1971 to February 14th, 2014. Seattle climbing community legend. Dear friend to many. And the toughest guy around. "For Chad, not eating and shivering on ledges--that was like skiing powder for him. It was just that fun," remembers Jens Holsten. Today, we take a look at what gets left behind when someone like Chad leaves us, and what grows in that vacant space. In part one, we hear from Jens, Chad's climbing partner, good friend and mentee during the final years of his life. In part two, we follow Ras Vaughan and Gavin Woody as they pick up the torch on a project Chad dreamed up, but never completed: the Rainier Infinity Loop. An idea so grand, it seemed almost inhuman.

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0:00.0	Of course, like every other teenage kid, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.
0:06.0	When I was 16 years old, I took off and drove across the country to Wyoming,
0:11.0	went into the Wind River Range and discovered mountains.
0:15.0	In 1973, Yvonne Chinard founded Patagonia.
0:19.0	I never wanted to be a businessman.
0:23.0	All I wanted to do was do my craft and climb mountains.
0:30.0	So then I had to figure out a way to where I was going to be a businessman,
0:35.0	but I was going to do it completely on my own terms.
0:39.0	Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm,
0:44.0	inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.
0:48.0	Join us at Patagonia.com
0:52.0	You're listening to The Dirt Backdaries, a production of duct tape and beer,
1:00.0	with additional support from REI, Fireside Provision and Kuat Racks.
1:10.0	You describe your tattoo?
1:12.0	It just looks kind of like an eight.
1:16.0	It's really simple.
1:19.0	It's on my right forearm.
1:21.0	What do you think?
1:23.0	Can we need more descriptors there?
1:25.0	This is Jen's Holston.
1:26.0	I put that on my arm after Chad was a few years after,
1:29.0	and he had one on the left arm, saying exact spot.
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