Friday Inspiration, Vol. 252
NYC bike messenger John Shackleford is biking the Underground Railroad from Mobile, Alabama, to Washington, DC and is making a film about it (video)…
Island Hopping In The Midnight Sun
[NOTE: 2020 is the tenth year of my blog at Semi-Rad.com, and since I started it, I’ve been fortunate to get to do…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 251
This looks like a very fun and touching film about the life of The Endless Summer director Bruce Brown (video)(thanks, Will) “Mount Shasta is…
A Difficulty Rating System For Moving Couches
Last weekend, my wife and I were carrying our couch into our new house, and things got pretty intense. At the end of a…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 250
Great 10-minute film of ultrarunner Coree Woltering’s attempt to break the Fastest Known Time on Wisconsin’s 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail (video) The only thing…
A Very Informal Interview With New American Alpine Club CEO Mitsu Iwasaki
Last month, the American Alpine Club announced that Mitsu Iwasaki would be the organization’s new CEO. This was big news, as the new CEO…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 249
I cannot encourage you enough to watch this 31-minute climbing film that I would describe as both “heartwarming” and “an unlikely bromance.” (video) (H/T…
The Loop Routes That Don’t Show Up On The Map
Last Friday afternoon, I locked my bike to a sign next to the trail and tried to convince myself it wasn’t that hot—it was…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 248
Fantastic piece of filmmaking by The Ginger Runner in this film about the last mile of the Western States 100 (video) I don’t know…
