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byYou’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…
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…
Thanks for reading. These posts are able to continue thanks to the handful of wonderful people who back Semi-Rad on Patreon for as little…
[NOTE: 2020 is the tenth year of my blog at Semi-Rad.com, and since I started it, I’ve been fortunate to get to do…
In my memory of the house, which is from when I was much smaller, the retaining wall was always around three feet high. But…
The bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade ago, but skiing in jeans has a much longer…
NOTE: In 2018, I started recording interviews with creatives (writers, filmmakers, podcasters, photographers, editors, etc.) in the adventure world. I’m publishing the highlights of…
“I hate this hill,” I said to the man pushing his mountain bike up the dirt road. He was trying to tell me that…
At about Mile 13 of the Colfax Marathon, I was starting to feel hungry. I did the math in my head—I had about 14…
I trudge forward, the muddy road tugging at my running shoes, splattering my ankles and shins, as I finish the uphill part of my…
Because you know you want your car to smell like your weekend. —Brendan
It’s (hopefully) common knowledge that if you want to climb a Colorado 14er in the summer, you should be on your way down from…
To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or depictions of climbing in energy drink ads, rock climbing…
I was hesitant to try Strava at first: Everybody’s heard about some jackass who almost ran over a kid on the trail because they…
Here’s something that didn’t happen: Tommy Caldwell, in the days following the first ascent of the Dawn Wall, being interviewed by a journalist about…
Earlier this year, my book Surviving the Great Outdoors came out, representing about 12 years’ worth of poking around in the out-of-doors—climbing, backpacking, hiking,…
In early 2013, I walked into a tiny bike shop called Chocolate Spokes in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood because I heard the guy there…
Because we all deserve a little recognition for doing things well out there. —Brendan More stories like this in my new book, Bears Don’t…
Today, I get to share something that some wonderful people and I have been working on for almost two years: a big, fat book…
I got a new bike a couple weeks ago, and if I do say so myself it’s a real work of art, handmade by…
Everyone knows there are two kinds of people in this world, but did you know there are 12 types of bike commuters? That’s right….
I walked up the stairs at my apartment building last Friday morning, five $20 bills in my hand, and paused for just a second…
A couple Saturdays ago, I got this e-mail from my friend Lee: Would you or anybody else you know be interested in this classic…
1. Jump it off something 2. Put foot pegs on the back and give a friend a ride 3. Ride to a bar with…
Dear helmets: You guys are my favorite hats. Sure, other headwear may be more stylish, more “cool,” easier to put on slightly sideways to…
I was in the audience during a presentation at the Green Mountain College Adventure Education Colloquium last week, when the presenter, Jojo, asked everyone…
I jogged in my bike shoes with the couple hundred other riders down the dirt road to the start of the 24 Hours In…
THIS SUMMER. A REVOLUTIONARY NEW MOUNTAIN BIKE WHEEL SIZE. WILL TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM. please pause reading here for dramatic effect TWENTY INCHES….