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The Dirtbag Diaries

What We Had

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2010

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Mark Rutherford and John Merritt grew up sharing the same sand box. Twenty years ago, Mark began a successful adventure fly fishing guide service in the Bristol Bay region. An avid fisherman, John got in touch with Mark and scheduled a trip. That first trip marked the beginning of a decade of trips, each more adventurous than the last. Today, we are headed up stream to the confluence of several lives.

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0:00.0

I've been involved in the Patagonia field testing program for over 20 years right now.

0:08.4

For silent sports done in nature.

0:10.6

That's the feeling.

0:11.6

That's the feeling that I fell in love with with the climate.

0:14.5

Cause no one necessary harm.

0:15.9

Suborganic cotton and recycle polyester to recycling the clothing to measuring our carbon footprint.

0:22.7

Inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis, so it gives some love back to the

0:27.7

server that doesn't happen.

0:29.6

It's not getting any love.

0:31.6

See what drives us at Patagonia.com.

0:34.9

With additional support from Kuat Racks and New Belgium Brewing.

0:40.6

I was concerned to where you start getting that little feeling of jitteryness when your

0:46.2

adrenals are active and everything comes in a tight focus, but you feel the adrenaline.

0:57.9

And I know for me that's a sign that's like, OK, take a deep breath.

1:02.2

This is where your brain has to start functioning.

1:05.6

This is fly fishing guide Mark Rutherford.

1:08.1

He's been moving people and equipment across the Alaskan wilds for the last 35 years.

1:13.0

First as part of the state's wild land fire response.

1:16.0

And then for the last 20 as an exploratory fishing guide.

1:20.3

And this is Malcolm daily, Mark's friend and cohort.

1:23.4

You know, this year's trip was one of the wildest things I've ever done.

1:27.3

It had to do with surviving a not only an epic storm.

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