Climbing Gifts She’ll Love this Season
This season's hottest climbing gifts for women. Find the perfect gift for the lady climber on your list.
Women in the Outdoors
Ridgway Adventure Sports – More Than Your Average Retail Shop
If you are an Outdoor Professional with access to pro deals, you should be sending the clients you work with and people who ask for your recommendations to local retail stores in your area. Here’s why. “Bikes and Skis. Bikes…
Why We Need More Female Climbing Mentors
Climbing is one of the only sports where mentorship is a key element of success. We all show up at more or less the same level; awkwardly wandering up to the crag or climbing gym with an ill-fitting harness and…
For the Next Generation of Adventurers
I’ve always loved following the creek as far as it would take me as a child, but my true connection with nature didn’t surface until I moved to Colorado. The aggressive crags, unexplored valleys, and thousands of miles of hiking…
Fantastic Dirtbag Careers to Fuel Your Adventures
When it comes to being a dirtbag, you’ve gotta find a way to fuel your lifestyle. We aren’t just trust-fund toting van dwellers – we work for a living! Here’s a look at some of the many different outdoor careers…
The Dirtbag’s Guide to Eating on the Go
One of the primary skills of becoming a veteran dirtbag or lady dirtbag is your culinary prowess. We aren’t talking about whipping up a tasty meal with your pressure cooker and sous vide at home, we are discussing the fine art…
Friends, Feats, and The Subtle Mentor
In January 2017, Emma Murray moved to Colorado after graduating from Brown University. Her chief reason, beyond the obvious outdoor recreation opportunity, was the hope of “meeting and cultivating relationships with women who were excited about the same [adventurous]…
Ode To The Lady Dirtbag
As women in the outdoor world, we live for the dirt. You’ll find us in the midst of a sufferfest, not on a shopping spree. We revel in pushing our boundaries, uncovering adventure and sharing that experience with others. We…
A Climber Wedding on The Incredible Hulk
Wedding season is in full swing and I was definitely a part of it this year. But I didn’t want the norm, or even the “unconventional” outdoor-themed wedding. My life and passion for climbing and the wilderness is not just…
Titiana Shostak-Kinker Shares the Story of Her All-Women Climbing Film on Dirtbag Dreams
Titiana Shostak-Kinker, an adventure education professor and climber since 1997, got completely hooked on climbing films about ten years ago. She started watching every film she could get her hands on, but was disappointed to find a lack of…