Brendan Leonard, Author at Elevation Outdoors Magazine

Camping

The Road: When it Was New

Brendan Leonard - July 19, 2017 0

What happens when you settle into a life? Can you rekindle the joy of first being free (and beautifully clueless) on the open road?

April 2016

Chocolate Spokes

Brendan Leonard - April 12, 2016 0

At this little shop in Denver, a bike—and a business—become a work of art.

Go Outside

The Hollywood of Rock: An Ode to the Joys...

Brendan Leonard - July 17, 2014 0

I learned to climb in Colorado, on the Front Range, where we have 10,000 climbing routes within a two hours’ drive of the center of a city of three million people—sport, trad, bouldering, alpine, ice—and I’ll argue with anyone who thinks their city has better climbing access (operative word being “city”).

March 2014

Grand Canyon River Novice Gets in Over His Head

Brendan Leonard - March 3, 2014 1

Being a passenger on a Grand Canyon whitewater trip is basically getting on a carnival ride with an unknown outcome and no guarantee of safety.

April 2013

The American Way: Touring the U.S. by Bike

Brendan Leonard - April 1, 2013 0

Photo: Courtesy Brendan Leonard Somewhere around mile 2,500, I glanced over into someone’s rural Louisiana...

Biking

The Ultimate Road Trip

Brendan Leonard - June 4, 2012 9

A.K.A. living the American dream by living out of your car.

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