Brendan Leonard is the creator of Semi-Rad.com, a contributing editor at Climbing Magazine, Adventure Journal, and The Dirtbag Diaries, and has climbed, hiked, and mountain biked all over the American West since he migrated there from Iowa in 2004. REI Member since 2005.
We've all looked at a map and wondered what it'd be like to go from here to there on two wheels. Brendan Leonard and professional adventurer Brody Levin found o...
A few weeks ago, my friend Alan and I climbed a roadside alpine route on Colorado’s Mount Evans. Halfway up the route, Alan started mentioning looking forward t...
A few years ago, I was one of two volunteer leaders of a backpacking trip with six inner-city teenagers. It was their first time in the backcountry, and just be...
Ever ask yourself why you're in the middle of nowhere, away from the comforts of city life? You push physical and mental limits; well here are ten questions to ...
I don’t know if I’ve ever slept well before or during a climb. In fact, if I made a Top 25 Things I Like About Climbing list, “Getting a good night’s sleep” pro...
Starting June 22nd, I’ll be visiting selected REI stores around the country to promote my new book, Sixty Meters to Anywhere, about how discovering climbing in ...
Brendan Leonard, creator of semi-rad.com, is a good dude with a powerful story to tell. The following is an excerpt from his book Sixty Meters to Anywhere publi...
I have long been an obsessed fan of Outdoor Research’s Ferrosi Hoody, my go-to jacket for summertime multi-pitch climbing in Colorado, spring and summer mountai...
Two of us tested the Copper Spur UL 2 mtnGLO™ for six nights on a traverse of Wyoming’s Wind River Range. The main draw on this trip was its ultralight weight a...
Hilary and I took the WhisperLite Universal stove on two trips this summer—a 10-day bike tour in Norway, and a seven-day backpacking trip in Wyoming’s Wind Rive...
Hilary and I tested these packs on our seven-day backpacking trip across Wyoming’s Wind River Range in August, and although they were a little big for that part...
I first had the Frank Sanders Experience in 2012, when I hung out at the Devils Tower Lodge for a few days to write a story about him and the tower for Climbing...
