My mom threw up at the climbing gym, just after I lowered her from the…
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What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
Chad Kellogg died in Patagonia on Valentine’s Day this year, at 42 years old. I…
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How To Climb A Hill
I was in the audience during a presentation at the Green Mountain College Adventure Education…
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The Man’s Guide to Being A ‘Real Man’
You probably read a few news stories over the past couple weeks about the rising…
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The Not-So-Bad Bad Day
Rob at Green Garage in Denver understands the art of telling someone how expensive their…
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Semi-Rad.com Is 3 Years Old Today. Thanks For Reading.
Three years ago, on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, I clicked “publish” on a blog post…
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Do Things And Make Things Next Year
My parents gave me Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York book for a holiday gift,…
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The Grand Canyon Guide To Parent-Child Relationships
I hopped over a stream crossing the Bright Angel Trail, taking a big step from…
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Tyler Durden, Yvon Chouinard, And Growing Up
I watched Fight Club the other night for the first time in over a decade,…
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A Moab State Of Mind
I sat under Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, 60 minutes from Moab and 20…
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A Photo Is Worth A Thousand Miles
My friends Dan and Janine have made lots of outdoor photos all over the world.…
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Sometimes You Get A High-Five From The Universe
I had about 10 minutes before my flight, enough time to grab one more cup…
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How To Friend Someone In Real Life
I pulled open the garage door on my storage unit in east Denver, smelling the…
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BUT I AM RELAXING
Nick mentioned a hot springs somewhere in southern Colorado, and I suspected it was one…
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Young Men And Fire
My old journalism professor, Michael Downs, sold me on Norman Maclean’s book Young Men and…
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You Wonder Why We Don’t Have Nice Things
I sat down exhausted last Tuesday night next to my friends Chris and Forest in…
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Please Continue Instagramming Your Amazing Life
In April, a piece titled “Stop Instagramming Your Perfect Life” started making its way around…
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Dads And Dreams
My dad told me the other day he’d won a three-day Harley rental at a…
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Learning How To Say Yes
My friend Forest put this photo on Facebook last December, with this caption: It was…
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You Can Walk Anywhere You Want
I flew to Iowa to visit my grandmother in the hospital a couple weeks ago.…
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Why You End Up Somewhere Sometimes
You call someplace home, and if you think about it, there are probably one or…
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A Lesson From Fred
Six summers ago, a guy named Fred sat down across from me at a picnic…
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A Bunch Of Dreams, One Film: The Making Of ’35’
This past Tuesday, a film called “35” went up on Vimeo — it’s 5 minutes…
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The Pure Joy Of Fixie Dave
A couple weeks ago at a party, I saw Dave Nice for the first time…
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