Friday Inspiration, Vol. 262
byA super-fun, short film bringing together drumming and running/scrambling in Boulder’s Flatirons, two things that Kyle Richardson excels at (OK, I guess that’s actually…
How To Be Positive, Part 2
byThis is the second half of this illustrated mega-post (if you missed Part 1 last week, you can click here to read it). Also,…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 261
bySimply three minutes of colorful outdoor fun here: (video) Christoph Niemann, using drawings on beverage napkins, details his love affair with coffee, starting at…
How To Be Positive — Part 1
byToday’s story is a little different from the usual—there are two options. I made it into an ebook, which is available as a pay-what-you-want…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 260(!)
byA quick note from me: One evening sometime in the past week, and it was either while listening to the Dolly Parton’s America podcast…
Mt. Shasta As A Convergence
by[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. 259
byJust a guy, wearing a blindfold, dancing on a street corner, with a cardboard sign asking people to dance with him, and, you know,…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 258
byGreat short film about a very small and obscure niche of kayaking called “squirt boating,” which is weird, but not as weird as the…
Paddling Across A Lake Where A River Used To Be
by[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. 257
byGraham Zimmerman digs into what it’s like to be “An Imperfect Advocate” as a climber and climate activist (video) A non-partisan initiative to deliver…
Staying In The Game
by[this is based on a presentation I gave at the American Alpine Club’s 2020 Craggin’ Classic on Oct. 19th, which you can watch…
Periodic Table Of The Elements Of Adventure Posters Are Back
byIf you missed getting a Periodic Table of the Elements of Adventure poster back in August, they’re now available in the Semi-Rad shop. These…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 256
byI finally sat down to watch the film Transamericana with Rickey Gates and, well, add me to the list of people saying it’s poetry—here’s…
The Life-Changing Magic Of Ignoring The Ratings
bySeveral years ago, I had an idea to collect some bad Yelp reviews of U.S. national parks for a story on Adventure Journal. Since…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 255
byI can’t imagine how long this took to edit, but it’s a fun 59 seconds of bike tricks with the bikes removed (video) The…
Are You Maximizing Your Productivity? A Flow Chart
byThanks for reading. These posts are able to continue thanks to the handful of wonderful people who back Semi-Rad on Patreon for as little…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 254
by“A friend of mine gave me really great advice last year—she said, ‘Start slow, and then fade.’” —Kevin Schmidt, Courtney Dauwalter’s husband, at the…
Life, In 12 Bicycles
byThanks for reading. These posts are able to continue thanks to the handful of wonderful people who back Semi-Rad on Patreon for as little…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 253
byA couple of my friends made this short piece about Pacific Climate Warriors for Global Day of Climate Action, which is *checks calendar* today,…
The Dog’s Guide To Being Present
byMy dog, probably like many dogs you know, lives inside, but lives for any opportunity to go outside. As he starts to detect signs…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 252
byNYC 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
by[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
byThis 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
byLast 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
byGreat 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
byLast month, the American Alpine Club announced that Mitsu Iwasaki would be the organization’s new CEO. This was big news, as the new CEO…