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byEvery once in a while at a book signing or during an interview, someone asks me: What’s your favorite piece of outdoor gear? I…
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…
Last Saturday night, I was running one of my favorite trails in the dark. I had gotten a late start, realized I failed to…
It’s coming: The holiday gatherings with your extended family members who don’t exactly share the same views as you when it comes to outdoor…
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,…
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…
I Want To Give You Beta You: A decent climber. Me: An expert on every route in this gym, even the ones the routesetters…
Every year, the American Alpine Club publishes Accidents in North American Mountaineering, a compilation of notable climbing accident reports from the previous year. Flipping…
Perhaps you have read about Alex Honnold’s groundbreaking ropeless climb of El Capitan on June 3. Here are a few things you may not…
Near the top of the Palmer Snowfield on Mt. Hood, the two mountaineers had been skinning uphill for about 2,600 feet when they saw…
Dear New Guy At The Climbing Gym, or lady running around the track at the park for the first time, or person trying out…
Today, I get to share something that some wonderful people and I have been working on for almost two years: a big, fat book…
I was sitting at the counter of Higher Ground in Salt Lake City back in 2012, tapping away on my laptop, and I overheard…
Hey, it’s Everest season again. In case you aren’t yet properly psyched for mountain climbing coverage, here are some more facts about the Greatest…
Five years ago this week, I started this blog, hoping a few people might read it and get something out of it: a laugh,…
I’m overjoyed to share this film, and the guy in it, with everyone this week. Three friends—Forest Woodward, Fitz Cahall, and myself—took big chunks…
Have you ever committed to something you weren’t sure you could do, and then found yourself in the best shape of your life the…
I padded down the talus in the moonlight, my headlamp switched off, in front of my girlfriend. I was just happy to be moving…
Normally I use this space to talk about not buying a bunch of shiny new gear, to sarcastically review entire categories of gear, or…
Do you do sports outside, but maybe would like to do new sports outside? Have you tried bikepacking, SUP-ing, SUP yoga-ing, slackline yoga-ing, fat…
We all have that friend who may need a little encouraging to do something they’re a little apprehensive about. Or something they’re just flat-out…
Frank led up the first pitch of El Matador as I fed out rope, the west face of Devils Tower glowing gold as the…
Sometimes, when you invite a new friend out skiing, biking, climbing, or backpacking, it goes really well. But maybe, during the course of the…
A week ago, two guys finished climbing an astronomically difficult 3,000-foot route on El Capitan as the world kept up via seemingly every mainstream news…
Mike and I arrived at Lincoln Falls to see a dozen people spread across the base of the routes, and decided to go a…
El Capitan is famous for being the largest granite monolith in the world, which men and women have flung themselves at for 70 years…
Dear states of Utah and Colorado: Hey, so you know what would be cool? If Utah and Colorado became one giant state called “Utahlorado.”…