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Chart: How To Talk To People About Their Favorite Outdoor Activities
My stories, art, and newsletter are free, and ad-free, because of the financial support provided…
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A Very Informal Interview With New American Alpine Club CEO Mitsu Iwasaki
Last month, the American Alpine Club announced that Mitsu Iwasaki would be the organization’s new…
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Hitting A Wall In Zion
[all photos by Matty Van Biene] [NOTE: 2020 is the tenth year of my…
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Success And Failure
From the book The Hard Truth: Simple Ways to Become a Better Climber by…
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An Illustrated Story About Anxiety
—Brendan Thanks for reading. If you’d…
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Should You Do It In Jeans?
The bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade…
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Unsolicited Beta For Snow Shoveling
Hey, how’s it going? Some storm we got last night, huh? You know, I used…
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The Greatest Alpine Climbing Trip Of All Time
It was one of those weekends when everything went right. The weather was perfect—sunny, not…
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39 Supportive Things You Can Say To The Climber You’re Belaying
Because we all need a little encouragement sometimes: “You got this” “Breathe” “Relax, shake out,…
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It Could Be Worse
“Well, it could be worse,” the first climber said to the second one, as the…
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11 Ways To Let People Know That You Climb 5.12*
Are you tired of everyone you encounter not recognizing the fact that you climb 5.12?…
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Anya Miller On Climbing, Cancer, And Creative Strategy
NOTE: In 2018, I started recording interviews with creatives (writers, filmmakers, podcasters, photographers, editors, etc.)…
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Remember When We Were Young?
Mark and I sat in the front window of a Denver coffee shop, talking about…
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Yes, A Friend Can Make Miserable Things Less Miserable
I trudge forward, the muddy road tugging at my running shoes, splattering my ankles and…
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Air Fresheners Based On Real Outdoor Odors
Because you know you want your car to smell like your weekend. —Brendan
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The Best Semi-Rad Adventure Charts of 2018
For the past couple years, I’ve drawn non-scientific charts and other doodles and posted them…
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Concerns Internet People Have After The Release Of ‘Free Solo’
Newspapers, to the greater benefit to society as a whole, have largely done away with…
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If You Don’t Want To Dawn Patrol, You Can Dusk Patrol
It’s (hopefully) common knowledge that if you want to climb a Colorado 14er in the…
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Other Horns Of Switzerland (Besides The Matterhorn)
I was in Zermatt last week and was fortunate to gaze upon the incredible Matterhorn,…
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The One Thing You Need To Know
To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or…
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Zen And The Art Of Not Packing Shit You Don’t Need
I once packed a can of chili ten miles into the backcountry. It weighed 15…
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How To Tell People At The Gym You’re Not Climbing The Dawn Wall This Year
Nowadays, every time you’re at the climbing gym, people are coming up to you and…
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The Story Of The First Ascent
You think that last pitch was tough? Do you know about the first ascent of…
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20 Things That Take Longer Than Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold’s Ascent of the Nose Took
On June 6, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold broke the speed record for climbing The…
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The People-Pleaser’s Plan For Climbing A Mountain
Hey, I was wondering if you might want to go climbing this weekend? I think…
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Affordable Alternatives To The Seven Summits
Want to climb the Seven Summits? Sure you do. Want to pony up $157,000 (not…
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