The Shorts— Holding On By Letting Go

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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“I didn’t expect to get to the top, let alone send. I merely wanted to push the limits of what I believed was capable for myself,” writes Shara Zaia. With climbing, Shara found a space to push herself as she strove to climb harder routes and created a community of friends. Yet, even while flourishing, one question continued to arise for Shara– did she belong? A version of this essay first appeared in The Climbing Zine in Spring 2024. Support comes from Kuat Racks Duer shopduer.com/Diaries to save 20% off your first order Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today. Our book, States of Adventure, 30 stories adapted from The Diaries, is out in the wild. See if it's available on your local shelves or order it here: geni.us/StatesofAdventure

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0:00.0	So I'm in this booth set to record a pitch for you to join the Darius Plus.
0:07.8	Diaries Plus, if you have not heard of it, is the way that we will keep the show running.
0:12.8	We've got enough money to keep it going through the winner.
0:15.0	Beyond that, we do not know.
0:16.6	So many of you have responded and stepped up.
0:18.8	It's given us hope in a year where we have not always
0:21.8	had a lot of hope. So I need to ask you to do this. The one problem right now is the light bulb
0:27.7	above me just burned out. Seriously, it's like a metaphor or something. I need a new light bulb.
0:33.9	You have allowed me to do this for so many years and I have to come back and ask you to do it more
0:39.2	because I believe the show matters and many of you have to. We need 3,000 people to make this work.
0:45.7	Right now we have 1,200. We think we can get to that number. And if we can, we can keep this show going, right?
0:53.1	And so if you're one of the people that we have connected
0:56.2	with it, one of our stories has meant something to, if a story has made you think, if it's made
1:01.0	you laugh, it's made you believe, if it's connected you to your community and to the world
1:05.9	around you, I got to ask, please pay it forward. I think we're close.
1:14.9	And I'm going to believe, I'm going to believe that we can do this.
1:16.3	And that is scary, frankly.
1:20.2	It's scary to ask, but I'm going to do it because I want you to have a choice.
1:27.0	And so far, you've encouraged that belief, and we are so thankful for it.
1:30.7	In fact, it's like we were going through the numbers the other day and 47 states.
1:34.7	If you live in Delaware, Mississippi, or South Dakota, help us get to 50.
1:36.3	I believe we can do this.
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