Brendan Leonard has bicycled across America, traversed Wyoming’s Wind River Range and Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Range on foot, bicycled across Norway’s Lofoten Islands, trekked Italy’s Alta Via routes, hiked the original Haute Route, spent a month and a half below the rim of the Grand Canyon, climbed big walls in Zion National Park, and skied off the summits of peaks around the West. He makes a living as a full-time freelance creative, writing articles and books, producing and directing short films, and writing on his website, Semi-Rad.com. His editorial work has appeared in Alpinist, CNN, Outside, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, Backpacker, Adventure Cyclist, and dozens of other publications.