Dirtbag Diaries: Beyond the Lines

Maps. We’ve all studied them. Stuffed them into backpacks or the seatback pocket of our car. Maybe we’ve even been led astray by a map. But have you ever thought about the person who made that map? Or how that person might influence your initial impression of a landscape?

“A map is not a perfect representation of a landscape. It’s an abstract representation,” says cartographer Marty Schnure. Today, we have a story about a mapmaker, Patagonia Park, and the process Marty uses to create a map--a map that she hopes will connect you to a place.

Music: Road that Burned My Boots by Jahzzar • Asuncion and Dayanara by Health&Beauty • Neo Zen by Ketsa • Quasi Motion by Kevin MacLeod • Wake Me Up by Publish the Quest • Gone by Noush Skaugen

Most tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive. Additional music by Amy Stolzenbach.

Dirtbag Diaries Podcast: El Avalanchisto

When Matt McKee first heard about the position forecasting avalanches for Minera Pimenton, a gold mine in the Chilean Andes, it sounded like the snow geek’s dream job. But mere hours after his plane touched down in Santiago, Matt started getting hints that maybe he had walked into a situation that more closely resembled a nightmare: a den of avalanche paths, a mine full of workers who didn’t believe in avalanches and a country that looked for someone to blame if things went wrong.

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Dirtbag Diaries: The Remotest

We all know the feeling of remoteness. The stillness. The perspective. It's part of what keeps drawing us outside. But what does it feel like to be standing, literally, in the most remote place in a state? In the country? And what might those places reveal about the fate of our country's wild lands? In 2010, Ryan and Rebecca Means embarked upon Project Remote to find out.

Listen to "The Remotist" by The Dirtbag Diaries on Soundcloud.

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Dirtbag Diaries: Starting Small - The Year of Big Ideas 2014

By Fitz & Becca Cahall

Plastic bags. They clog drawers, landfills, coastlines and trailheads. Recycling them is confusing and inefficient. But what if there was a way to turn the trash into something of value? Enter Industrial Designer Will Wells.

Today, we bring you our annual Year of Big Ideas. We talked to contributors and friends about their goals for the coming year. Here’s to going big, traveling to new places and trying something new. And here’s to making something that will inspire others, even if it’s small.

Happy 2014.

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Fish Schtick Episode 53 – Fish and Adventure Podcast Spectacular

The holidays are coming, which means travel time for most of us. And travel time is a GREAT time to load up you iPod or MP3 player with a bunch of your favorite shows. We wanted to share some of OUR favorite podcasts with you, so on today’s show, four hosts from four of our favorite podcasts!

We’ve got Zach Matthews from the Itinerant Angler. Zach is also the Southeast Field Editor for Fly Fisherman magazine, and he’s a regular contributor to American Angler magazine. You’ve seen his stuff in Fly Rod & Reel, The Drake and a bunch of others.

Fitz Cahall is the man behind the Dirtbag Diaries which isn’t as much a fishing podcast as it is an adventure podcast. A lot of the stories are about people who climb mountains or strike out on international adventures. His stories are as much about the adventurers as the adventures, and they’re really, really good.

Tom Rosenbauer hosts the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcasts. Tom’s name is synonymous with fly fishing culture as we know it, he has been with the Orvis Company for over 30 years. He’s been a fishing school instructor, copywriter, public relations director, merchandise manager, and was editor of The Orvis News for 10 years. He is currently Marketing Director for Orvis Rod and Tackle.

Rick Coffman is a fly angler from the Ozarks. His career has found him behind the microphone at radio stations in Springfield, Missouri, tons of different live venues, and now in a monthly podcast called Liv2FlyFish Radio. His guests tend to center on the White River drainage – some of the best big-trout waters in the country, maybe the world.

You can listen to the entire episode at Mauro Media where you will also find a link if you care to download the show off iTunes.

The Fish Schtick is sponsored by Green Tackle, providing environmentally responsible fishing products to anglers of all skill levels.