A High Route Across The Wind River Range
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…
[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…
The bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade ago, but skiing in jeans has a much longer…
Two things will be here soon: Camping season, and a bunch of articles telling you what gear to buy for camping. Here at Semi-Rad.com,…
To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or depictions of climbing in energy drink ads, rock climbing…
For more charts and doodles like this, follow me on Instagram at @semi_rad —Brendan
I once packed a can of chili ten miles into the backcountry. It weighed 15 ounces and it only contained 560 calories—about as much…
For a quick getaway last weekend, my friends and I planned a three-night stay in nature. Nature is not listed as an Airbnb rental…
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…
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Every once in a while at a book signing or during an interview, someone asks me: What’s your favorite piece of outdoor gear? I…
Earlier this year, my book Surviving the Great Outdoors came out, representing about 12 years’ worth of poking around in the out-of-doors—climbing, backpacking, hiking,…
Did you hear that? What was that noise outside the tent? Some possibilities: A Bear That noise was a bear. That bear is going…
Because we all deserve a little recognition for doing things well out there. —Brendan More stories like this in my new book, Bears Don’t…
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Are you an expert? Well, thankfully, it’s 2017, and everyone can be one. Here are a few tips to help you establish yourself at…
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Remember your last backpacking trip? What was missing? Come on, think about it. That’s right, a shitload of pineapple upside-down cake. The whole trip…
Today, I get to share something that some wonderful people and I have been working on for almost two years: a big, fat book…
About a year ago, I spent a few days with Ace Kvale and his 10-year-old blue heeler, Genghis Khan, in their home in southern…
You just can’t beat getting out of the office for a few days or a couple weeks to go skiing, backpacking, climbing, or mountain…
We all know the classic John Muir quotes like “The mountains are calling and I must go,” and “The clearest way into the Universe…
Five years ago this week, I started this blog, hoping a few people might read it and get something out of it: a laugh,…
Hey girl. Or guy. I want you to know something about that hobby of yours that you partake in two to 200 days a…
Normally I use this space to talk about not buying a bunch of shiny new gear, to sarcastically review entire categories of gear, or…
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery After…