It’s (hopefully) common knowledge that if you want to climb a Colorado 14er in the summer, you should be on…
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No one wants to be the person who leaves a store and becomes the subject of retail employees’ horror stories—but…
I was in Zermatt last week and was fortunate to gaze upon the incredible Matterhorn, at the south end of…
A couple nights before leaving on a backpacking trip, I decided to finally dig up a Trangia stove I’d received…
To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or depictions of climbing in energy…
From 2012 to 2014, I lived full time out of a 2005 Chevy Astrovan. I had moved out of an…
Last Wednesday, around the ninth switchback in the M Trail at the University of Montana, my legs and lungs screamed…
Here’s a thing you may have experienced: You’re about to head out on a trip in the outdoors, for three…
Last week, I gave the address at the commencement ceremony for the Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning. It was…
A couple hundred feet from the top of Avalanche Gulch on Mount Shasta last Monday morning, my friend Abi and…
Mashing up Kanye West’s tweets with New Yorker cartoons has been done before (in 2010 here and a few weeks…
In 2004, my friend Nick and I went on a 10-day road trip from Montana to Phoenix, where I was…
4:35 a.m. The wind blows across the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, 20 mph constant. Mitsu and I hurriedly…
Ten years ago last weekend, my old friend Jarrett didn’t have cancer anymore, so I thought it would be a…
Location, location, location! This one-bedroom is close to nothing. Step inside the 29-square-foot ripstop nylon palace and say hello to…
Want to climb the Seven Summits? Sure you do. Want to pony up $157,000 (not including flights)? If the answer…
A couple years ago, I was talking to my dad on the phone and asked about his plans for the…
Nothing’s better than a brand-new sleeping bag, that miraculous cocoon of warmth that enables you to sleep under the stars.…
*epic meaning a very long day, not like a we’re-gonna-die epic “You’ll be fine.” “I’m pretty sure it’s this way.”…
One Sunday last August, maybe halfway through a 22-mile trail run in 85 degrees and full sun, the day after…
Every once in a while at a book signing or during an interview, someone asks me: What’s your favorite piece…
Last Saturday night, I was running one of my favorite trails in the dark. I had gotten a late start,…
A few weeks ago, someone put a sticker saying “Does this Sprinter van make my trust fund look big?” on…
Wouldn’t you like to get away? To a place where you can be pampered and just relax? Of course you…
I sit on a rock along the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park, assembling a camp stove and filling…
Everybody has a few one-liners that always crop up in their head when they’re out hiking, skiing, climbing, and/or having…
Earlier this year, my book The Great Outdoors: A User’s Guide came out, representing about 12 years’ worth of poking…
Because we all deserve a little recognition for doing things well out there. —Brendan
That’s right, summer’s not over yet. Here are some tips to make the best out of your last few nights…
One Friday this past March, I hiked a few miles down a trail and set up a tent in one…
You probably have a lot of questions when you’re thinking about what kind of van you should buy for your…
Today, I get to share something that some wonderful people and I have been working on for almost two years:…
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Just kidding. You probably have most of the stuff you need already. But…
At 11 p.m. on January 13th, I watched a group of eight guys push a 48-foot long boat into the…
This isn’t necessarily one of those “Best Adventure Books Ever Written” lists—just a list of a few books I have…
My friend Jayson and I were out trail running on Saturday, for long stretches exposed to a 50 mph wind.…
You’ve seen the John Muir quote “The mountains are calling and I must go” on t-shirts, coffee mugs, wood cuts,…
Last Monday, my mom and I stood behind a fence at Arches National Park and took a couple photos of…
Are you real busy traveling all over the place to climb rocks, ride bikes, bag peaks, and otherwise explore some…
I was sitting at the counter of Higher Ground in Salt Lake City back in 2012, tapping away on my…
Over a few months this past winter, my friend Nick and I pedaled to a dozen different diners in Denver…
Last Saturday afternoon, I was about to nod off in the passenger seat of my friend Mitsu’s car while we…
Alastair Humphreys, writer and adventurer on both macro and micro levels, just came out with a new book called Grand…
About a year ago, I spent a few days with Ace Kvale and his 10-year-old blue heeler, Genghis Khan, in…
You just can’t beat getting out of the office for a few days or a couple weeks to go skiing,…
I padded down the talus in the moonlight, my headlamp switched off, in front of my girlfriend. I was just…
You are waiting in line to check your bag, and then you’re waiting in line to go through the TSA…
My friend Chris had a perfectly good, secure, well-paying job as a chemist up until a few weeks ago, when…
Hi, yes, you. Did you run out of vacation days last year? No? What’s wrong? As Americans, we’re doing a…
Jim Harris can walk again—which is a big deal because a little over six months ago he was paralyzed from…