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  • Dude, Is It OK If I Call You Dude?

    by brendan on December 8, 2011

    “Do you have a Barnes & Noble membership, boss?” I have noticed lately that baristas,…

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  • A Few Things You Can Do Besides Not Buying That Patagonia Jacket

    by brendan on December 1, 2011

    On Nov. 25, Black Friday, Patagonia placed an ad in the New York Times, telling…

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  • 5 Steps to More Fun in Your Outdoor Photos

    by brendan on November 17, 2011

    Remember that time you took that photo of you and your friend(s) standing on the…

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  • What Does Your Adventure Map Look Like?

    by brendan on November 10, 2011

    I have this paper map in my car where I’ve been highlighting every stretch of…

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  • Adventure Journal’s “Great Mountains of the World”: Grand Teton

    by brendan on November 8, 2011

    My profile of the Grand Teton is up on Adventure Journal today — if you’ve…

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  • Am I Hiking Too Fast For You?

    by brendan on November 3, 2011

    My friend Greg had hit the wall about four miles from the top of the…

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  • That Shoe/Bike/Gym Membership is Not Going to Change Your Life

    by brendan on October 27, 2011

    A year ago, a friend asked me what I thought of the Street Strider. He…

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  • How to Bark Down a Dog

    by brendan on October 20, 2011

    Maybe you only ask yourself this question while bicycling or running: Can I beat up…

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  • Your Body is a Furnace, Not a Temple: Trashy, Yet Easy Camping Recipes

    by brendan on October 13, 2011

    City of Rocks, Idaho, early August 2011: Two men in their late 20s/early 30s sit…

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  • Nick + His 1991 Trek 970, 4-Ever: A Love Story

    by brendan on October 6, 2011

    Not so long ago, my pal Nick made up his mind that he was going…

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  • The Dirtbag Diaries: The Way of the Underdog

    by brendan on September 29, 2011

    This is my friend Jayson. When I’m telling people about him, a lot of times…

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  • Get Ready For Ski Season With The Most Expensive Ski Package Ever: $125,561

    by brendan on September 29, 2011

    Snow is falling in the high country. Be honest. Can you really afford to start…

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  • How much outside time do you need?

    by brendan on September 22, 2011

    One night a couple weeks ago, I ate dinner with my back to a 180-degree…

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  • Adventure Journal’s ‘Great Mountains of the World’: Mount Rainier

    by brendan on September 21, 2011

    I had a blast writing this profile of Mount Rainier for Adventure Journal, which published…

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  • How to Shit in the Woods, and How Not To

    by brendan on September 15, 2011

    It was the night before my 5-day backpacking trip with five tough teenagers from East…

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  • A Lesson On How To Live, From Climber Craig DeMartino

    by brendan on September 8, 2011

    I tried to pull around a corner on nothing, the crux moves of the third…

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  • Can Bikram Yoga improve your rock climbing?

    by brendan on September 1, 2011

    It is 105 degrees in this room, 50 percent humidity. Seven of us are standing…

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  • How to Talk Shit to Your Climbing Partner

    by brendan on August 25, 2011

    “Hey, can you take photos with your phone?” I yell down from the belay to…

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  • One more pitch: How do you reset the stoke meter?

    by brendan on August 11, 2011

    Sometimes men grow boobs. This is just a fact of aging, or more accurately, the…

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  • How to Properly Put On a 40-Pound Backpack

    by brendan on August 4, 2011

    By Brian Williams, Southern Gentleman, World Traveler and Hopeful Somebody Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho    …

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  • Make your road trip 40 percent better with FIST PUMP OUT THE WINDOW

    by brendan on July 14, 2011

    Remember your last road trip, the day you left town? Wherever it was, whenever —…

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  • It’s A Tiny Bear Canister, For Tiny Bears

    by brendan on July 7, 2011

    I have learned many things from my friend Lee: How to place gear on trad…

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  • Photo of climbing couple tossing baby: Real or fake?

    by brendan on June 30, 2011

    Maybe you’ve seen this photo somewhere on the Internet before. I came across it the…

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  • Mark Udall poses with Smokey Bear on National Get Outdoors Day Inside the Smokey Bear Costume For a Day

    by brendan on June 23, 2011

    I have a drip of sweat on the end of my nose. It itches, hanging…

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  • 9 Reasons Why You Should Never Bike To Work

    by brendan on June 16, 2011

    I have biked everywhere within 4 miles of my apartment in the past 5 years,…

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  • Advanced Techniques For The Well-Rounded Rock Climber

    by brendan on June 9, 2011

    I don’t know if Tom Hanson, the Commisioner of Castlewood Canyon, made it up, but…

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  • The friend you want along on every climb

    by brendan on June 2, 2011

    “We’re going to take a little drive down Wall Street and check it out.” This…

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