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  • hand drawn title: surely that's the summit just ahead, right? Surely That’s The Summit Just Ahead, Right?

    by brendan on August 12, 2021

    —Brendan    

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  • mitsu iwasaki ski mountaineering A Very Informal Interview With New American Alpine Club CEO Mitsu Iwasaki

    by brendan on September 3, 2020

    Last month, the American Alpine Club announced that Mitsu Iwasaki would be the organization’s new…

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  • ethan newman and brendan leonard on Lunar Ecstasy [photo by Matty Van Biene] Hitting A Wall In Zion

    by brendan on May 28, 2020

       [all photos by Matty Van Biene] [NOTE: 2020 is the tenth year of my…

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  • semi-rad chart from the book The Hard Truth: Success and Failure Success And Failure

    by brendan on May 14, 2020

      From the book The Hard Truth: Simple Ways to Become a Better Climber by…

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  • hand-drawn title box reading "An illustrated story about anxiety" An Illustrated Story About Anxiety

    by brendan on April 23, 2020

                      —Brendan Thanks for reading. If you’d…

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  • hand-drawn semi-rad chart titled "jeans as functional outdoor apparel" Should You Do It In Jeans?

    by brendan on March 5, 2020

    The bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade…

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  • drawing of a snow shoveler receiving unwanted advice Unsolicited Beta For Snow Shoveling

    by brendan on December 5, 2019

    Hey, how’s it going? Some storm we got last night, huh? You know, I used…

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  • The Greatest Alpine Climbing Trip Of All Time

    by brendan on September 5, 2019

    It was one of those weekends when everything went right. The weather was perfect—sunny, not…

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  • drawing of conversation balloons between climbers 39 Supportive Things You Can Say To The Climber You’re Belaying

    by brendan on August 22, 2019

    Because we all need a little encouragement sometimes: “You got this” “Breathe” “Relax, shake out,…

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  • a hand-drawn chart about perspective It Could Be Worse

    by brendan on July 3, 2019

    “Well, it could be worse,” the first climber said to the second one, as the…

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  • drawing of shirts that say "my mom climbs 5.12 and all I got was this t-shirt" 11 Ways To Let People Know That You Climb 5.12*

    by brendan on May 16, 2019

    Are you tired of everyone you encounter not recognizing the fact that you climb 5.12?…

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  • Anya Miller photo by Aidan Haley Anya Miller On Climbing, Cancer, And Creative Strategy

    by brendan on May 9, 2019

    NOTE: In 2018, I started recording interviews with creatives (writers, filmmakers, podcasters, photographers, editors, etc.)…

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  • Remember When We Were Young?

    by brendan on April 25, 2019

    Mark and I sat in the front window of a Denver coffee shop, talking about…

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  • drawn graph showing how much less things suck with a friend along Yes, A Friend Can Make Miserable Things Less Miserable

    by brendan on March 14, 2019

    I trudge forward, the muddy road tugging at my running shoes, splattering my ankles and…

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  • Air Fresheners Based On Real Outdoor Odors

    by brendan on January 17, 2019

    Because you know you want your car to smell like your weekend. —Brendan

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  • outdoor adventure complaint chart semi-rad The Best Semi-Rad Adventure Charts of 2018

    by brendan on December 20, 2018

    For the past couple years, I’ve drawn non-scientific charts and other doodles and posted them…

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  • Photo by National Geographic/Jimmy Chin Concerns Internet People Have After The Release Of ‘Free Solo’

    by brendan on October 18, 2018

    Newspapers, to the greater benefit to society as a whole, have largely done away with…

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  • photo of woman on summit of Torreys Peak Colorado If You Don’t Want To Dawn Patrol, You Can Dusk Patrol

    by brendan on October 4, 2018

    It’s (hopefully) common knowledge that if you want to climb a Colorado 14er in the…

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  • Other Horns Of Switzerland (Besides The Matterhorn)

    by brendan on September 20, 2018

    I was in Zermatt last week and was fortunate to gaze upon the incredible Matterhorn,…

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  • knowledge graph of outdoor skills The One Thing You Need To Know

    by brendan on September 6, 2018

    To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or…

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  • illustration of climber at climbing gym How To Tell People At The Gym You’re Not Climbing The Dawn Wall This Year

    by brendan on August 2, 2018

    Nowadays, every time you’re at the climbing gym, people are coming up to you and…

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  • drawing of three old pitons The Story Of The First Ascent

    by brendan on July 5, 2018

    You think that last pitch was tough? Do you know about the first ascent of…

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  • Alex Honnold Tommy Caldwell speed record the nose 20 Things That Take Longer Than Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold’s Ascent of the Nose Took

    by brendan on June 14, 2018

    On June 6, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold broke the speed record for climbing The…

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  • The People-Pleaser's Plan For Climbing A Mountain The People-Pleaser’s Plan For Climbing A Mountain

    by brendan on May 31, 2018

    Hey, I was wondering if you might want to go climbing this weekend? I think…

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  • cost of seven summits climbs chart Affordable Alternatives To The Seven Summits

    by brendan on March 29, 2018

    Want to climb the Seven Summits? Sure you do. Want to pony up $157,000 (not…

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  • why your smartphone is a great adventure tool Why Your Smartphone Is A Great Adventure Tool

    by brendan on February 1, 2018

    Every once in a while at a book signing or during an interview, someone asks…

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  • cycle of fun semi-rad None Of This Makes Any Sense And That’s Just Fine

    by brendan on January 25, 2018

    Last Saturday night, I was running one of my favorite trails in the dark. I…

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