The Mountain-Climbing Lobster And Other Stories
byAs you’re probably well aware, another holiday season is almost here. Every year around this time, I start getting this nagging voice in the…
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15 Useful Trail Etiquette Tips
byThe summer trail season is here, and you may or may not have questions about how to properly utilize America’s public lands. Questions like…
Cycling Going-to-the-Sun Road In Glacier National Park
byDriving Going-to-the-Sun Road is one of the most popular ways to see Glacier National Park in the summertime. It’s no secret that, for…
Outdoor Things, But By Unfamiliar Measurements
byI have a smartphone app that converts measurement units into other measurement units. Sure, you probably think that’s pretty dorky. But let me ask…
The Joy Of Planning Trips I’ll Never Take
byI was opening a fifth browser tab when I caught myself. Researching an 600+-mile bike packing route had nothing to do with what I…
You (Probably) Can’t Everest Mt. Everest
byMaybe you’re familiar with this thing known as “Everesting,” in which maniacs people pick a hill of a certain height and bicycle or run…
If I Were A Hibernating Bear
byThanks for reading. These posts are able to continue thanks to the handful of wonderful people who back Semi-Rad on Patreon for as…
The Avalanche Doesn’t Care — A Poem
byAs the saying goes, The avalanche doesn’t care if you’re an expert On avalanches, or an expert on anything else, really The avalanche does…
The Best Semi-Rad Illustrations Of 2020
by’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…
Periodic Table Of The Elements Of Adventure Posters Are Back
byIf 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…
The Life-Changing Magic Of Ignoring The Ratings
bySeveral years ago, I had an idea to collect some bad Yelp reviews of U.S. national parks for a story on Adventure Journal. Since…
The Periodic Table Of The Elements Of Adventure
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An Illustrated Story About Anxiety
by—Brendan Thanks for reading. If you’d like to help keep Semi-Rad going, forward this piece…
Adventure Book Titles That Describe Your Self-Quarantine
byIf you’re familiar with the Barkley Marathons at all (perhaps via one of the great documentaries about it), you might remember this entertaining fact:…
My 2020 Social Distancing vs. The Winter 1967 Denali Expedition Snow Cave Bivy
byOver the past few weeks of adjusting to the gradually shrinking new realities of not traveling, then not going to restaurants or coffee shops…
A New, Almost Completely Unrealistic Multi-tool Design
byWith 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,…
Should You Do It In Jeans?
byThe bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade ago, but skiing in jeans has a much longer…
6 Charts About Weather
byMore charts like this on my Instagram and in my book, Chart Imitates Life. —Brendan
Stock Photos Of People Using Laptops In Nature
byMy friend Justin Simoni tweeted this screenshot of a guy in full mountaineering gear working on a laptop the other day: This stock photo…
Some Adventure Thank You Cards
byThere are a number of ways to express gratitude to your friends: buying them a beer, naming your first child after them, Venmoing them…
Procrastinate Writing Your Novel At Our Fully-Connected Writer’s Retreat
byHave you always fantasized about leaving it all behind for a few days or weeks so you can finally fully devote yourself to the…
8 Sexy Outdoor-Themed Halloween Costumes
by—Brendan More stuff like this in my new book, Bears Don’t Care About Your Problems,…
Welcome To Our Grand Canyon Raft Trip-Themed Bar
byWelcome to Tequila Beach, our Grand Canyon raft trip-themed bar, where we’ve gone to great lengths to recreate an experience just like a Grand…
One-Star Amazon.com Reviews Of Moby Dick, As Free Verse Poetry
byLots of people love Moby Dick, which has long been considered a classic of American literature and one of the best adventure books of…
The Greatest Alpine Climbing Trip Of All Time
byIt was one of those weekends when everything went right. The weather was perfect—sunny, not a cloud in the sky, and just cool enough…