Winter Vacation

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

While most people curled up on the couch with a mug of hot cocoa, Emily Ford set out in the frigid winter to thru-hike Wisconsin’s 1200 mile Ice Age Trail. Over the course of their two and a half month winter vacation, Emily and her borrowed sled dog, Diggins, tested their endurance and found solitude, friendship, and beauty to last a lifetime. Keep up with Emily as she trains for the Iditarod at Emily on Trail: https://www.emilyontrail.com/support Emily's story is one that we adapted into a short essay for States of Adventure. See if it's available on your local shelves or order it here: geni.us/StatesofAdventure Support comes from Kuat Racks Duer Use link shopduer.com/Diaries to save 20% off your first order Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today. This episode first aired in 2021.

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0:00.0	For 18 years, the Diaries has been in the business of getting you out there, doing what you love, with the people you love,
0:07.7	pushing you to maybe see a different way or a different path through life and realizing that others have done this before.
0:15.7	We know when we tell stories about people doing hard things, chasing dreams, working for their communities,
0:22.4	and being curious, it begets more of that.
0:25.3	It's infectious.
0:26.7	Good things can happen.
0:28.9	Right now, we're doing that with the show.
0:31.0	We need you to keep this project going.
0:33.6	That's the reality of the modern internet.
0:36.4	To keep inspiration alive and the thoughtful stories and the laughter going,
0:41.4	some of you have come forward and stepped up and joined the Diaries Plus,
0:44.7	but we need more of you.
0:45.9	We need a bigger community saying this kind of project matters in this world.
0:52.0	Diaries Plus is the tool that we make that happen with. So please consider
0:57.0	becoming a member of Diaries Plus. There's a link in the show notes. You become a part of something.
1:03.2	You become part of the inspiration, part of the creativity and the community. And we thank you for
1:08.3	that. And I think we can build the show into the powerful thing
1:13.3	it's been and the powerful thing it's going to become together. The link is in the show notes.
1:19.3	We're on our website, dirtbagdowries.com. Here's to more type 2 fun. Here's to being part of something
1:25.3	positive. Hey everyone. As an ongoing celebration of States of Adventure, our new book,
1:31.5	we are re-releasing a couple of the classic episodes that have populated it.
1:36.6	We'll be back next week with an all-new episode.
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