If the first 50 years were an experiment, to prove that a business could be

responsible and successful, turns out it's not just possible, it's profitable.

So what's next? What's next is simple, it's human power and it's finding the joy

in doing difficult things. What's next is turning capitalism on its head and

putting all our money where our mouth is. What's next is unstoppable.

For nearly 50 years, Patagonia has given a damn about people and the environment.

Find more at Patagonia.com slash stories.

You're listening to The Dirt Pack Darius, a production of Duck Tape Than Beer, with

additional support from Kuat Racks because you love your bike, rumple, blankets

and gear for everywhere, and athletic greens, the daily drink for a healthier

you. Hey Fitz. Hey what's up Kuat Raya? Fitz is there ever been a time in your

life that your experience in the outdoors helped you get through a non-outdoors

related situation? All the time. It's sort of almost that's a hard question for me

to answer just because it is, it's so rooted in how I interact with the world.

But how about for you? Yeah, totally. Right after high school, I moved to Patagonia

for about five months and I did a lot of solo backpacking there. I think at that age,

those troubles were just some of the most formative times of my life, like having to

navigate a foreign country by myself for the first time and really big mountains.

It just taught me who I was on a level I'd never really gotten to before. Like the

crazy weather and the Chileans dropping all of their consonants in a language that I

really only have spoke at that time. And at one point my credit card stopped working

and I literally sang for food in El Chalten. There were just so many curveballs every day

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