Brendan Leonard is the creator of Semi-Rad.com and a former contributing editor to Climbing magazine. His writing has appeared in Alpinist, Outside, Backpacker, Adventure Journal, National Geographic Adventure, and many other publications. He lives in Denver.
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When Brendan Leonard moved to the West at age twenty-three, he was a mess. He had a tenuous grip on sobriety, only six months after his last drink had landed him in yet another jail cell. It was the final mistake in a long list that included multiple arre... SEE MORE