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The Dirtbag Diaries

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🗓️ 11 November 2016

⏱️ 10 minutes

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"This is the part that I never anticipated: the boots have taken on a life of their own. They've just worked magic with people," says M'Lynn. "I'd like to see Paul's boots continue to be an inspiration, continue to get people off the couch and out into the fresh air and paying attention to what they're doing with their lives." Paul's boots have now covered all 2,189-miles of the AT. All three pairs have summited Katahdin. Now, we've got quite the collection of size 13 hiking boots at the office. And we agree with M'Lynn: we think it would be a shame to let them sit in the corner and collect dust. For our third and final episode on the Paul's Boots project, we bring you the story of thru-hiker Alex Newlon, who carried a pair of boots the entire length of the AT, and we have one last ask for you: Where do these boots go next? Email ideas to [email protected] Watch the full Paul's Boots film. Listen to the first Paul's Boots episode and the Update from the Trail episode.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Jurbaag Diaries, a production of duct tape then beer.
0:20.8	It's just over a year since Melinda sent her first email to the Jurbaag Diaries.
0:25.2	We put out a call and you answered.
0:27.3	If you have no idea what I'm talking about, go back and listen to the Paul's Boots episode from January.
0:32.3	Okay, so three pairs of boots and a goal of helping Paul achieve his dream of hiking the Applachian Trail.
0:38.3	Three pairs of boots hit the trail in March and started getting passed along to individuals or groups of hikers.
0:44.3	By the end of August, two pairs of boots had made it to the top of Kataten.
0:48.3	By early October, Paul's boots had covered all 2,189 miles of the AT.
0:55.3	Fits and Isaiah spent three weeks burning the midnight oil.
0:58.3	And after crushing countless cases of the Kwa and a few office bivies,
1:02.3	Paul's boots has turned into a soulful, 37-minute film collaged together from the best moments captured from Paul's journey down the trail.
1:09.3	If you haven't seen it, you can watch it for free on REI's blog and we'll put a link to it on our website too.
1:15.3	So, the film's done. Yay!
1:18.3	But in so many ways, that's not the end of the story.
1:22.3	First, there's one more accomplishment to celebrate.
1:25.3	One that didn't quite make it into the film.
1:28.3	At the beginning of October, a throughhiker, summoned Kataten, with the third pair of Paul's boots.
1:34.3	My name's Alexander Neillin.
1:36.3	Alex started through hiking from Spring or Mountain Georgia in April.
1:39.3	And the entire time that he hiked north, he had a pair of Paul's boots strapped to his back.
1:44.3	At four pounds, the boots were certainly not the easiest item to bring along for the hike.
1:49.3	But Alex committed to Paul, and they hiked together for nearly six months.
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