Walking The Knife Edge Of Switzerland’s Hardergrat
by[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…
[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…
The bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade ago, but skiing in jeans has a much longer…
Dear fellow trail user, In response to your question, “How much farther is it?” which you asked as I was walking towards the trailhead…
—Brendan More stories like this in my new book, Bears Don’t Care About Your Problems, out now.
“I hate this hill,” I said to the man pushing his mountain bike up the dirt road. He was trying to tell me that…
I trudge forward, the muddy road tugging at my running shoes, splattering my ankles and shins, as I finish the uphill part of my…
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…
LOCAL SINGLES HIKING GROUP So, are you single? So are we! And we’re always looking for more attractive, fit, single folks to join our…
For a quick getaway last weekend, my friends and I planned a three-night stay in nature. Nature is not listed as an Airbnb rental…
4:35 a.m. The wind blows across the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, 20 mph constant. Mitsu and I hurriedly grab hats and gloves,…
Ten years ago last weekend, my old friend Jarrett didn’t have cancer anymore, so I thought it would be a good idea to take…
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,…
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…
Are you an expert? Well, thankfully, it’s 2017, and everyone can be one. Here are a few tips to help you establish yourself at…
One Friday this past March, I hiked a few miles down a trail and set up a tent in one of the quietest places…
Dear New Guy At The Climbing Gym, or lady running around the track at the park for the first time, or person trying out…
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 plodded my way up the Hayden Trail, headed up toward my fifth “summit” of the day as the sun coasted downward. I had…
About a year ago, I spent a few days with Ace Kvale and his 10-year-old blue heeler, Genghis Khan, in their home in southern…
We all know the classic John Muir quotes like “The mountains are calling and I must go,” and “The clearest way into the Universe…
Hey girl. Or guy. I want you to know something about that hobby of yours that you partake in two to 200 days a…
I padded down the talus in the moonlight, my headlamp switched off, in front of my girlfriend. I was just happy to be moving…
Normally I use this space to talk about not buying a bunch of shiny new gear, to sarcastically review entire categories of gear, or…
A heavy backpack can make a backpacking trip no fun at all. Here are a few tips to lighten your load and maximize the…
I am sitting at the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, wondering how to explain…
My friends and I drove down a dirt road out of the Sangre de Cristo Range after a two-night backpacking trip to an alpine…