ADVENTURE – Semi-Rad.com

October 2, 2025

Stop What You’re Doing And Watch This Birdwatching Documentary Right Now

A couple weeks ago, I was looking through photos from a book event I did in Washington, D.C. this past May, and I found this one: Photo by Katelyn King/@katelyn.clix) That’s me, on the left, and on the right is my old (as in “former,” “of long standing,”) professor, Michael Downs, who was about to retire from professoring.

November 27, 2024

The Art Of Staying In Your Lanes

October 31, 2024

I Just Like Standing On Summits

Illustration: Here Be Dragons

September 5, 2024

I Stopped To Read Some Signs And Let Me Tell You

line graph of "and then I found five dollars" ending

July 25, 2024

The $5 Ending

Diagram: Adventure Vehicle: The 1996 Pontiac Grand Am GT Coupe

July 11, 2024

The Worst Adventure Car

June 20, 2024

10 Tips For Idiot-Proofing Your Adventures—From An Idiot

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June 6, 2024

25 Bits Of ‘Excellent Advice For Living’ That Apply To Adventure

Ultra Something a book by Brendan Leonard cover

May 23, 2024

The First Chapter Of My New Book, Ultra-Something

May 9, 2024

Templates For DIY Adventures

April 25, 2024

Moby-Dick Is My Literary Ultramarathon

March 14, 2024

My Favorite Opening Scene Of An Adventure Book

ADVENTURE

December 28, 2023

My Year Of Living Vertically

November 9, 2023

Across The Grand Canyon Twice, In 11 Photos

July 27, 2023

Things Are Different Now

June 29, 2023

Unlikely Lost-And-Found Stories From The Great Outdoors

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February 9, 2023

My Favorite Sign

illustration of mountain made up of small mountains

December 1, 2022

Adventures In Radical Incrementalism

November 18, 2021

The Mountain-Climbing Lobster And Other Stories

semi-rad cupcake trail sign

July 8, 2021

15 Useful Trail Etiquette Tips

screen capture from Cycling Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park

July 1, 2021

Cycling Going-to-the-Sun Road In Glacier National Park

semi-rad illustration colorado 14ers measured by hands

June 10, 2021

Outdoor Things, But By Unfamiliar Measurements

semi-rad chart: the fun parts of doing a thing

April 22, 2021

The Joy Of Planning Trips I’ll Never Take

hand-drawn diagram of climbing Everest from sea level

April 15, 2021

You (Probably) Can’t Everest Mt. Everest

hand drawn title: If I Were A Hibernating Bear

March 18, 2021

If I Were A Hibernating Bear

handwritten title box: Thanks For 10 Years OR: Finding A Voice

February 4, 2021

Thanks For 10 Years

hand-drawn avalanche safety checklist

January 7, 2021

The Avalanche Doesn’t Care — A Poem