Friday Inspiration, Vol. 263
byWow, this is a fun and thoughtful film about the nonprofit climbing gym Memphis Rox and photojournalist Malik Martin (video) I am in awe…
The Year Of Making Your Own Fun Run
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…
Hand Turkey And Some Other Hand Animals
by(More stuff like this on my Instagram)
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…
Plate For Eating Around Other People Vs. Plate For Eating By Myself
bywas thinking about this while eating some toast by myself last night (More stuff like this on my Instagram)
The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Winter Layering In The City
byalso 4-5 hoods (More stuff like this on my Instagram)
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…
Dog Time Units
bycollab with my dog, who I left alone for several hours yesterday, or several minutes, who’s to say (More stuff like this on my…
How To Move Forward
byjust an idea (More stuff like this on my Instagram)
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,…
I Bought ‘Halloween Candy’ To ‘Give Out’ But Honestly
byshout out to anybody else getting 65% of their calories from little individually wrapped pieces of joy yesterday and today and probably Tuesday too…
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…
A Proposal
by*probably best not to do this if the other person might be expecting a different type of proposal, but sharing chips can be a…
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…
Procrastination: A Timeline
byI was going to draw this one a few weeks ago but, you know (More stuff like this on my Instagram)
‘I Commented’ Sticker
bybiennial reminder that this is not a real sticker but voting is real, so please vote, thank you (More stuff like this on my…
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…
The Story Of An Adventure
byafter the “oh shit” point I guess it can go either way (More stuff like this on my Instagram)