The Dirtbag Diaries
The Dirtbag Diaries
Duct Tape Then Beer
Anti-Gravity
41 minutes Posted Sep 28, 2018 at 9:31 am.
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“I have really good reason to believe that if I hadn’t have been walking down the strip and found that 72-foot tower to climb, that I would be dead or in prison. I have no doubts about that,” says Juan Rodriguez. Juan is an American citizen, an immigrant and a climber. Today, we follow Juan’s journey from Mexico to climbing shop owner, through illegal border crossings and to the first rock wall he ever climbed on the Las Vegas strip--a chance encounter that altered the trajectory of his life.