Listen to “Crash and Burn” Dirtbag Diaries Podcast Episode

The Dirtbag Diaries / Sep 13, 2012 / Community, Culture

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Drive it until it dies. That’s the motto I lived by as my truck, Crash, crisscrossed the West. Family members would doubtfully ask, “Are you sure you want to drive there?” I did. Friends would ask about Crash’s well being as though he was my aging dog. Though I knew the day was coming, I was still blindsided when the gears ground to a halt on my way to Yosemite. Could my belief in Crash transcend beyond the hulk of metal?

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The campfire tale—it’s ubiquitous in mountain culture. As long as we’ve climbed, skied, boated or traveled, we’ve been telling stories. In March of 2007, Fitz Cahall launched The Dirtbag Diaries, a grassroots podcast dedicated to the sometimes serious, often humorous stories from wild places. What began as a solitary experiment has evolved into a collaboration between writers, photographers, artists and listeners to produce the types of stories that rarely find homes in the glossy pages of magazines.