How do you become a dirtbag?

Never been one, probably won't be one. But I've definitely taken lots of extended road trips for other sports. freecampsites.net is pretty money.

Happiegrrrl wrote:If someone needs to be taught how to live on the road cheaply, it's likely they are not qualified to be a "dirtbag." A Fauxbo(a word I have coined which stands for "Faux Bohemian"), certainly, but a genuine dirtbag, no. I suggest this because, part of genuinely living on the cheap comes out of necessity, and necessity is the mother of invention.

that guy named seb wrote:1. Look homeless 2. Smell homeless 4. have a giants rack (nuts not boobs) 5. climb 5.13 (minimum) 6. your diet consists of pasta and very little else 7. live out of what ever vehicle you currently own 7a. if you don't own a vehicle hitchhike 8. make a instagram account and post non stop AND THERE YOU HAVE IT my top 8 ways to be a dirtbag, it's the same thing to get sponsored though, just make 5.13 to 5.14.

Give your parents back their money and sprinter

Isn't methamphetamine manufacture the modern solution?

Billy G wrote:Cool! How do you get the money to travel?

Learn where BLM and national forest land is.

Become Buddhist and give away all of your worldly possessions...except climbing gear.

Jake C wrote:Food Stamps and life hacks. Just get out there and learn from other dirtbags

work at a ski resort in the winter,

collect unemployment all summer.

and noone will hire you since you have no phone or address!

"Hustle" = sell drugs

Also, check out dumpster diving!

Spoken like a true white privileged male Billy.

mediocre wrote:Spoken like a true white privileged male Billy.

Jake C wrote:Food Stamps and life hacks. Just get out there and learn from other dirtbags

Call it what you want, but working for Climbing Magazine does not buy a living. That's still dirt bagging full value. In this country earning that little for the work done is simply unethical.

Out of all the people I've known of who post here or ST the only person who qualifies to be the category of full fledged dirt bag is Happygurrrl. I would like to hear her story in detail and her ways of surviving as a single van dwelling female for years. I'm not sure about her age...I would say 50's. She sounds like a very interesting person who has been down and out and came out on top of the game on many occasions, well at least from what I gather. She would be a perfect reality show candidate too.

Fat girl, get off my thread.

Billy G wrote:Fat girl, get off my thread.

What's your beef? It doesn't pertain to you neither can you share first hand experiences. Enjoy what some people have to say. You may learn something.

I just bought a poofy jacket at REI on sale with my dividend AND I'm going camping next month with my friends from the gym,I'm feeling pretty dirtbaggy!!! I also went 2.5 days without a shower once so I know dirtbag believe me.

I was inspired and greatly influenced by 2 particular individuals to start living in a van, which in turn turned out the be the greatest thing. Now I'm able to stay mobile, never needing a hotel room or pay rent, utilities, and save massive cha ching to be able to afford rad toys. Sometimes I wonder what took me so long. But .....I wasn't ready. So everyone has their path. I believe that the dirtbag life nowadays is purely by choice and some people took it to an art form. The valley boys were hobos first and happened to be climbers. Times changed now. Caravaning has become the new American Dream. Tiny living is all the rage now and less is indeed more. We are at the dawn of a new era and it is super exciting. If you don't see it you must be blind.