Chart: How To Talk To People About Their Favorite Outdoor Activities
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TO GET RIGHT TO THE POINT: I have a new book coming out March 16th. It’s called I Hate Running and You Can…
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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…
’Tis the season for the grand holiday tradition of looking back on all the fun stuff we’ve done in 2020 and gathering up the…
20 Haiku, written on Post-it notes, inspired by the weirdest year of many of our lives
This is the second half of this illustrated mega-post (if you missed Part 1 last week, you can click here to read it). Also,…
Today’s story is a little different from the usual—there are two options. I made it into an ebook, which is available as a pay-what-you-want…
[this is based on a presentation I gave at the American Alpine Club’s 2020 Craggin’ Classic on Oct. 19th, which you can watch…
If you missed getting a Periodic Table of the Elements of Adventure poster back in August, they’re now available in the Semi-Rad shop. These…
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Last weekend, my wife and I were carrying our couch into our new house, and things got pretty intense. At the end of a…
Ever wondered about something running-related and looked for an answer on the internet? It can be very confusing: questionable advice, mansplaining, conspiracy theories, products…
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Like you, I am trying to get better at dealing with stress and anxiety. I am aware that I suck at it, and that…
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If you’ve been thinking about adopting a pet, you’ve probably asked yourself: would I like having a dog around the house, or would I…
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If you’re familiar with the Barkley Marathons at all (perhaps via one of the great documentaries about it), you might remember this entertaining fact:…
Over the past few weeks of adjusting to the gradually shrinking new realities of not traveling, then not going to restaurants or coffee shops…
In my memory of the house, which is from when I was much smaller, the retaining wall was always around three feet high. But…
With all due respect to the makers of real and useful multi-tools, and with no constraints of what would actually fit in a multi-tool,…
The bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade ago, but skiing in jeans has a much longer…
You’ve heard the saying “No friends on a powder day,” so you know that it means “Sorry, everyone, my primary focus when the snow…