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The Dirtbag Diaries

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Kyle's Journey to the Outdoors

When Kyle got his driver's license in high school, he and some cross country buddies started exploring local trails and peaks near Briar Washington. Exploring the outdoors gave Kyle that same feeling he got improvising on the saxophone and he wanted more. He bought helmets, ice axes, crampons, and began to teach himself some technical mountaineering skills from books and YouTube. Near the start of college, Kyle learned crevasse rescue from the book Freedom of the Hills.

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