Lessons From Eight Years Of Writing An Adventure Blog
byOne afternoon last August, a delivery truck rolled up outside my house in Denver. Two men got out, dollied a large box through the…
One afternoon last August, a delivery truck rolled up outside my house in Denver. Two men got out, dollied a large box through the…
NOTE: In 2018, I started recording interviews with creatives (writers, filmmakers, podcasters, photographers, editors, etc.) in the adventure world. I’m publishing the highlights of…
Every year when temperatures drop and snow blankets our cities, North American cultures observe the appearance of a kind-of rare creature, marking the true…
Because you know you want your car to smell like your weekend. —Brendan
For the past couple years, I’ve drawn non-scientific charts and other doodles and posted them regularly on my Instagram feed. They’re not always about…
Here you are again: Holiday shopping season is upon us, and you’re wondering, “How will I get the perfect gift for everyone on my…
Do you follow THOSE PEOPLE on Instagram? Their lives look so perfect! Here’s the truth about them: Their lives ARE perfect! They’re not just…
It’s (hopefully) common knowledge that if you want to climb a Colorado 14er in the summer, you should be on your way down from…
No one wants to be the person who leaves a store and becomes the subject of retail employees’ horror stories—but of course, lots of…
I was in Zermatt last week and was fortunate to gaze upon the incredible Matterhorn, at the south end of town, on posters and…
A couple nights before leaving on a backpacking trip, I decided to finally dig up a Trangia stove I’d received as a gift eight…
To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or depictions of climbing in energy drink ads, rock climbing…
From 2012 to 2014, I lived full time out of a 2005 Chevy Astrovan. I had moved out of an apartment and into my…
Last Wednesday, around the ninth switchback in the M Trail at the University of Montana, my legs and lungs screamed at me to stop,…
Here’s a thing you may have experienced: You’re about to head out on a trip in the outdoors, for three days or longer. You’re…
Last week, I gave the address at the commencement ceremony for the Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning. It was a great exercise in…
A couple hundred feet from the top of Avalanche Gulch on Mount Shasta last Monday morning, my friend Abi and I had a check-in….
Mashing up Kanye West’s tweets with New Yorker cartoons has been done before (in 2010 here and a few weeks ago here), with wonderful…
In 2004, my friend Nick and I went on a 10-day road trip from Montana to Phoenix, where I was moving after graduate school….
4:35 a.m. The wind blows across the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, 20 mph constant. Mitsu and I hurriedly grab hats and gloves,…
Ten years ago last weekend, my old friend Jarrett didn’t have cancer anymore, so I thought it would be a good idea to take…
Location, location, location! This one-bedroom is close to nothing. Step inside the 29-square-foot ripstop nylon palace and say hello to your new home! The…
Want to climb the Seven Summits? Sure you do. Want to pony up $157,000 (not including flights)? If the answer to that second question…
A couple years ago, I was talking to my dad on the phone and asked about his plans for the next weekend. He said…
Nothing’s better than a brand-new sleeping bag, that miraculous cocoon of warmth that enables you to sleep under the stars. Nothing, that is, except…
*epic meaning a very long day, not like a we’re-gonna-die epic “You’ll be fine.” “I’m pretty sure it’s this way.” “We don’t need a…
One Sunday last August, maybe halfway through a 22-mile trail run in 85 degrees and full sun, the day after we’d run 24 trail…