dirtbag Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/dirtbag/ Funding the Adventurous Life Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:51:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 dirtbag Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/dirtbag/ 32 32 150809980 EP 7: Luke Mehall: The Dirtbag Dream is Not Enough https://clippingchains.com/2021/09/20/ep-7-luke-mehall/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/09/20/ep-7-luke-mehall/#respond Mon, 20 Sep 2021 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=7731 Today I’m happy to welcome climber, author, and founder of the Climbing Zine, Luke Mehall. Luke is the kind of climber I thought I would never reach with a platform focused on saving, investing, and financial wellness. Luke existed for many years as a self-proclaimed hand-to-mouth dirtbag. He lived on the road for months at …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/09/20/ep-7-luke-mehall/feed/ 0 7731 Full Pursuit of Climbing Isn’t Full Freedom After All https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/25/full-pursuit-of-climbing-isnt-full-freedom-after-all/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/25/full-pursuit-of-climbing-isnt-full-freedom-after-all/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3142 This week’s post was written as a guest post for the UK-based Chalkbloc.com. I’ll admit, there’s a bit of controversy here. I love climbing as much as the next guy, but I believe that full pursuit of the sport can leave us a bit unbalanced. Steve Bechtel, in his interview here last week, rightfully points …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/25/full-pursuit-of-climbing-isnt-full-freedom-after-all/feed/ 0 3142 Van Life: The Economics and Trade-0ffs https://clippingchains.com/2019/04/22/the-economics-of-van-life/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/04/22/the-economics-of-van-life/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:00:33 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=1863 Now more than ever the parking lots at popular climbing areas across the country are being crowded by big boxy Sprinters and a variety of less-sexy creeper vans. As I’ve touched on before, the allure of climbing and other lifestyle sports is incredibly strong. The power to hit the road is so strong that climbers …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/04/22/the-economics-of-van-life/feed/ 2 1863 Reader Case Study: Maximize Adventure or Career? https://clippingchains.com/2019/04/15/maximize-adventure-career/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/04/15/maximize-adventure-career/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:00:06 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=1795 Full disclosure, I’m posting this week’s case study as an interview, but no one is being interviewed here. This post is the amalgamation of several email discussions I’ve had with readers in the last two to three months. The premise is this: folks out there know some form of career is necessary, but they’re overwhelmed …

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