Tag Archives: dirtbag

Archives: Lisbon – Istanbul 2010, Istanbul

July 29th, 2010 WE’RE HERE!! We arrived in Istanbul yesterday afternoon after a long and hellish day coming from Tekirdag. About 30km after we left Tekirdag, Caroline suggested that instead of waiting for the traffic to die down on the way to Istanbul and having to spend another night sleeping at a gas station, we […]

Dirtbagging/Ski bumming 101: How to maximize mountains and awesome times without spending a fortune

Dirtbag (from urban dictionary): Piss-poor, unemployed rock climber who lives off scrounged food and sleeps, obviously, in the dirt. The pinnacle of climbing committment and idol of employed climbers. The best examles of dirtbags and dirtbagging are the communities of climbers that can be found in any of the major climbing areas of North America–Squamish, […]

Ice climbing on the Parkway in a stinky car

This week I found out how bad a car can smell after the occupants have neglected to shower or change clothes for 5 days. I also have a new definition of claustrophobia and have officially become a dirtbag climber. Oh, and I almost died in a car crash. During my first night in Banff I […]