In this wide-ranging conversation, Ryan Jordan of BackpackingLight.com interviews Blake about Dirtbag Rich. Topics include:

• The historical meaning of “dirtbag” in climbing, thru-hiking, and outdoor culture
• How dirtbag culture has traditionally balanced freedom, poverty, adventure, and insecurity
• The risks and trade-offs of choosing flexibility over conventional career advancement
• Housing strategies that support a dirtbag-rich lifestyle, including roommates, small homes, van life, travel, and shared living
• How cultural expectations around home ownership, status, and consumption shape lifestyle decisions
• Why relationships, community, and the ability to show up for others may be overlooked forms of wealth
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