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—Brendan SOME RUNNING + ENDURANCE ITEMS IN THE SEMI-RAD SHOP: The Zen Of Training Coffee Mug ($15.99) I Hate Running and You Can Too…
Last Sunday, while running on a trail through the forest, I ate what I estimate was my 1,500th Clif Blok. Or 2,000th, who knows….
If you’re trying to sneak stuff onto public transportation, there are certainly many ways to do it—I mean, not that I would know about…
The summer trail season is here, and you may or may not have questions about how to properly utilize America’s public lands. Questions like…
Driving Going-to-the-Sun Road is one of the most popular ways to see Glacier National Park in the summertime. It’s no secret that, for…
There you are, at the bottom of a hill, on foot, or on your bike, or on skis, ready to start up. But are…
Maybe you’re familiar with this thing known as “Everesting,” in which maniacs people pick a hill of a certain height and bicycle or run…
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You’ve just clicked the “Stop” button on your watch, or done your last burpee, or put away your bike. You’re catching your breath, a…
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[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…
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In my memory of the house, which is from when I was much smaller, the retaining wall was always around three feet high. But…
The bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade ago, but skiing in jeans has a much longer…
as my friend Tom Riley says, “on a bike, you always have windchill” (More stuff like this on my Instagram)
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…
“I hate this hill,” I said to the man pushing his mountain bike up the dirt road. He was trying to tell me that…
At about Mile 13 of the Colfax Marathon, I was starting to feel hungry. I did the math in my head—I had about 14…
I trudge forward, the muddy road tugging at my running shoes, splattering my ankles and shins, as I finish the uphill part of my…
Because you know you want your car to smell like your weekend. —Brendan
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…
To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or depictions of climbing in energy drink ads, rock climbing…
I was hesitant to try Strava at first: Everybody’s heard about some jackass who almost ran over a kid on the trail because they…
Here’s something that didn’t happen: Tommy Caldwell, in the days following the first ascent of the Dawn Wall, being interviewed by a journalist about…
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,…
In early 2013, I walked into a tiny bike shop called Chocolate Spokes in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood because I heard the guy there…
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…