Listen to “What Is Hardcore?” Dirtbag Diaries Podcast Episode

The Dirtbag Diaries / February 10, 2011 / Community, Culture

045_what_is_hard_core Bust out the headphones, Fitz Cahall just released a brand new episode of The Dirtbag Diaries.

Our sports have long heralded rating systems that let us know just how we’re doing. We may bicker over their ratings, but we return to them again and again. They help us set goals, and push ourselves harder. But what happens when we go beyond the limits of these systems? How do you measure fatigue, thirst and mental resilience? When these elements merge together, we begin to enter the mythical realm of hardcore. Today, Brendan Leonard dives in with some simple ideas on who and what are hardcore. How do you measure up?

Listen to “What is Hardcore?”
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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.