Listen to “Growing Down” Dirtbag Diaries Podcast Episode

I’ve watched my friends and peers hopscotch across the world. Some of them have reached the top of their craft, authored ridiculous lines up mountains, followed rivers into wrinkles of the deepest canyons, found the edge of human endurance.

If I look back on the last ten years, I’m often surprised that I didn’t end up on their trajectory. Something inside, quiet and steady, called me in a different direction—one that I struggled against, at first.

How you grow varies for each person, and it can differ depending on your stage of life. Some people reach upward and outward; others root down.

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