A Psychologist Rates the Strategies I Use to Deal with Stress
From pizza to ultramarathons, what's the best way to chill out?
Brendan Leonard
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The Eye-Opening Month I Spent Rafting the Grand Canyon
In praise of sand in your eyeballs, no cell service, and pooping in a box
Inspiration for Changing the World in Seven Charts
"The time is always right to do what is right"
Climbing in Zion Made Me Rethink My Relationship to the Sport
Zion was either going to relight my fire or be my last big rock adventure for a while. I didn’t know which.
Should You Adopt a Dog or a Grizzly Bear?
If you've been thinking about adopting a pet, you've probably asked yourself: Would I like having a dog around the house, or would I rather have a grizzly bear? Here's a handy chart to help you decide.
Fear and Groaning at the Hellbender 100
The joy of being a masochistic oddball
My Anxiety and I Have Decided to Agree to Disagree on Everything
My DIY exposure therapy didn't work
9 Classic Adventure Book Titles, Revised for Quarantine
A handful of classic reads whose titles might capture some of your feelings of these past few weeks
Frozen Pizza Is the Hero We Need in These Times
It's a ways down the list, obviously, compared to people doing actual lifesaving stuff
A 1967 Expedition Puts Our Current Social Distancing in Perspective
A lesson in perspective
The Sangre de Cristo Range Is Not for the Casual Hiker
With 43,000 feet of elevation gain, 91 miles above 10,000 feet, and 63 summits, the route is not to be taken lightly. Brendan Leonard recounts one of his favorite adventures from the past decade.
Smashing My Face into the Pavement Changed My Life
What I learned from a bicycle crash when I was seven years old
A New, Almost Completely Unrealistic Multitool Design
Because you always need hot sauce
Should You Do It in Jeans?
No one can stop you from skiing in jeans. And really, doing lots of other things in jeans.
My Bike Ride Across America
An ode to traveling slow on two wheels and burning just enough calories each day to eat a large pizza each evening