EP 219: Fitz Cahall (The Dirtbag Diaries, Climbing Gold) — A Lifetime of Storytelling, Taking Authorship of Your Time, and Being Pro But Not Fancy

EP 219: Fitz Cahall (The Dirtbag Diaries, Climbing Gold) — A Lifetime of Storytelling, Taking Authorship of Your Time, and Being Pro But Not Fancy

Fitz Cahall is the cofounder of Duct Tape Then Beer, and the creator of The Dirtbag Diaries and Climbing Gold with Alex Honnold. We talked about the early days of the internet, what podcasting was like in 2007, being on the fringe, storytelling, virtual reality, spending your time on the right things, the unglamorous parts of our work, results vs. success, his new book States of Adventure, and much more!

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Show Notes:

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:02:30) – A typical workday

(00:06:32) – Early days of the internet

(00:10:12) – Starting to climb

(00:14:45) – Writing for outdoor magazines

(00:19:48) – The fringe

(00:22:42) – Creating the Dirtbag Diaries

(00:33:40) – Storytelling

(00:38:08) – Podcasting in 2007

(00:50:47) – Early video podcasts

(00:55:32) – Virtual reality

(01:02:48) – Being pro but not fancy

(01:05:45) – Choosing stories

(01:13:19) – His new book

(01:18:04) – A Lifeline Home

(01:23:20) – States of Adventure

(01:35:54) – My own plans for a book

(01:42:23) – Taking authorship of your time

(01:50:25) – Spending time on the right things

(01:56:09) – The unglamorous parts

(02:03:20) – Giving yourself space

(02:12:45) – Uberism & mediocrity

(02:17:24) – Results vs. success

(02:20:20) – Climbing Gold & the Olympics

(02:28:46) – Wrap up

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