The newest Dirtbag Diaries: Ditch Logic wiht Fitz Cahall is now live.

In 2005, Gregg Bleakney was on the rise. He was crushing his job as a software executive. At 30, he owned a beautiful home complete with white picket fence in North Seattle. He had a serious girlfriend. He drove a fast car. His sofa was black Italian leather. He had all the trappings of a successful life, but Gregg also had a secret. Something he wasn’t sharing with his boss, his family or friends, even his longtime girl friend. It was an idea that was about to change his life. Today, we present Ditch Logic. Evolving as a person isn’t always pretty. –Fitz Cahall

Grab the show at: http://www.dirtbagdiaries.com/ditch-logic

Happy listening!

Andy B
outsideallday.com

From the creators of The Dirtbag Diaries and 49 Megawatts comes a new web television project following five athletes through the course of a single season in the Pacific Northwest. A veteran climber invents a new piece of gear. A pro snowboarder searches for a way to return to the roots of his sport. A boulderer returns from a series of injuries with new perspective. A family man goes to Whistler to test himself against mountain biking’s elite. A young sea kayaker with a troubled past sets out to reinvent his sport.

The Season Episode 3 from Fitz Cahall and Bryan Smith on Vimeo.

Meet Anya Miller. After a series of nine surgeries on her knee, she vowed to look inside and see if there was a reason for all her injuries. Was it something she as doing wrong? Problems are all from the Gold Bar Area near Index, WA.

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So far Fitz has aired 6 episodes. All are outstanding. I would gladly pay for something this high of quality but I’m thankful they are providing it for free.

More info at: www.theseasontv.com

See all of the episodes first at: www.arcteryx.com

Shot entirely in HD, 22-episodes in total were created. Enjoy them all!

Andy B
outsideallday.com

My favorite podcast on the planet is back with a brand new episode. I hope Fitz can inspire you to get outside with the incredible way he tells stories! It inspires me every time I listen.

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No Car No Problem

A 1,200-foot rock wall in a wilderness area – that’s standard summer fare. In a day and back before dinner? Sounds easy. Without a car? That’s when my climbing partners stopped returning my phone calls.

Even with growing environmental pressures and climbing gas prices, we’ll drive hundreds of miles to exist in landscape devoid of gridlock and angry horns. The irony can be hard to ignore. Recreating without a car might seem impossible, but this summer I set out to test the preconceived notion. What happens when you find yourself trapped in the Urban Jungle? You blaze your way out.

Click here for more info on this episode of the Dirtbag Diaries by Fitz Cahall.
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Andy B
outsideallday.com

A few months back I introduced my good buddy Craig DeMartino to Fitz Cahall at the Dirtbag Diaries Podcast (my favorite podcasts of aall time). Craig has an incredible story that I knew Fitz would want to help retell. Below is the show info that Fitz put together. Enjoy!

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The Shorts: The Simple Joy of Moving Upward

If you plan on calling Craig DeMartino inspirational, he would prefer you wait to see if he can even drag his butt off the ground. After loosing his leg in a climbing accident, DeMartino had to retrain his body and learn his craft all over again. He hoped one day he would compete against the able-bodied, but taking on Chris Sharma in a World Cup? That was beyond dreams.

Craig DeMartino takes us to Vail and the Teva Mountain Games. Behind the bright lights, big names and massive crowds, climbing’s everyman gets his moment in the sun.

Click here for more info on this episode of the Dirtbag Diaries by Fitz Cahall.

Click here for more info on Craig. He is available for speaking engagements.
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Andy B
outsideallday.com

True or False? Standard pushing is for the pros. If you want to shape skiing or climbing, you have to ditch the job, move into the car and find a deep-pocketed sponsor. The tiny window afforded to weekend warriors couldn’t possibly be enough time with which to make an impact. Right?

Today, we bring you the Crusade, the story of two stockbrokers, an engineer and a nuclear physicist who, with a little help from the Internet, helped shaped American ski mountaineering without ever leaving their backyard. There will be no helicopters. No corporate expeditions. No photo shoots. Just a decade-long odyssey from the ambitious imagination of youth across the Cascades’ steepest faces all the way to the unsettled wisdom of adulthood. It turns out weekend warriors are just as capable.

Click here for more info on this episode of the Dirtbag Diaries by Fitz Cahall.

There will be an an expanded photo and video version later this week so make sure you check out the site. I actually haven’t listened to this show yet. I can’t wait for the ride home!

Andy B
outsideallday.com

In the Year of Big Ideas, my childhood friend Brad laid it out – he was going to climb El Cap in 2008. Never mind that he had minimal climbing experience or had never even been to Yosemite. We schemed and scheduled “vacation.” We planned and tried to convince others to join us, but in the end, Brad and I were on our own to wrestle with one very big – arguably bad – idea. We had four days to pull it off. We would have to climb faster than we could manufacture excuses.

Click here for more info on this episode of the Dirtbag Diaries by Fitz Cahall.

All of Fitz’s shows are great. The guy tells stories better than anyone. Download this episode if you’re looking for a solid story.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

This is a super fun Dirt Bag Diaries. It’s a personal story by Fitz that will make you chuckle.

Life was good. The approaches were short. The routes straightforward. The work wonderfully mindless. After a long dry-spell of writing, a job as a climbing guide at Smith Rock was like a vacation from life. I was 22 again, not a failing writer struggling to pay the rent. It was too good to last.

Through the years, I’ve tried to escape words and journalism, but the writing life always has a funny way of creeping back into my world. This time it came in the form of a 230-pound cameraman with a fear of heights, a fast talking New York producer and a 30-year-old broadcaster trying to return to her childhood. It turns out you have to earn your 15 seconds of fame.

Click here for more info on this episode of the Dirtbag Diaries by Fitz Cahall.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

What defines you? Is it your past? How you look? I doubt it. It’s the course we chart from dawn to dusk that makes us who we are. Seventeen years ago, Sean O’Neill – artist athlete and big brother to pro climber Timmy O’Neill – lost the use of his legs after jumping from a bridge into the Mississippi River. After the accident, Timmy dreamed about helping his older brother climb El Capitan. In 2005, the brothers decided it was time to act.

Reporter and podcaster James Mills brings us a story about two brothers, one very big cliff face and a 17-year-old dream. Sometimes climbs don’t end with summits. They can extend on into our lives.

Click here for more info on this episode of the Dirtbag Diaries by Fitz Cahall.

Andy B
outsideallday.com