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….
It’s getting late on a weeknight as you sit in the dark in front of a glowing computer screen, watching. Glazed over, you mindlessly…
Hey, So you got a fancy new car-top bicycle carrier. Cool, it’s gonna be great to not have to take off my front wheel…
I sat down exhausted last Tuesday night next to my friends Chris and Forest in front of a granite shelter we’d just built on…
You love snowboarding. Or climbing. Or mountain biking. You’ve been doing it for so long, you can’t remember what your life was like without…
I realized a couple years ago that I have more fun skiing uphill than skiing downhill. I enjoy the Zen rhythm of methodically skinning…