Sixty Meters to Anywhere

• The author is a popular journalist and blogger and the creator of Semi-rad.com
• A full journey—from confusion to clarity, remorse to redemption
• Will appeal to those searching for adventure and purpose

When Brendan Leonard finished substance abuse treatment at age 23, he was lost. He knew what not to do—not drink alcohol and not get arrested again. But no one had told him what it was that he could do. He quickly realized that he had to reinvent himself, to find something other than alcohol and its social constructions to build his life around.

A few years later, Brendan was sober and had completed a graduate degree in journalism, but he still felt he was treading water, searching for direction. Then his brother gave him a climbing rope. And along that sixty-meter lifeline, Brendan gradually found redemption in the crags of the American West. He became a climber, someone who learned to push past fear, to tough it out during long, grueling days in the mountains; someone who supported his partners, keeping them safe in dangerous situations and volatile environments; someone with confidence, purpose, and space to breathe.

Sixty Meters to Anywhere is the painfully honest story of a life changed by climbing, and the sometimes nervous, sometimes nerve-wracking, and often awkward first years of recovery. In the mountains, Leonard ultimately finds a second chance.
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Sixty Meters to Anywhere

• The author is a popular journalist and blogger and the creator of Semi-rad.com
• A full journey—from confusion to clarity, remorse to redemption
• Will appeal to those searching for adventure and purpose

When Brendan Leonard finished substance abuse treatment at age 23, he was lost. He knew what not to do—not drink alcohol and not get arrested again. But no one had told him what it was that he could do. He quickly realized that he had to reinvent himself, to find something other than alcohol and its social constructions to build his life around.

A few years later, Brendan was sober and had completed a graduate degree in journalism, but he still felt he was treading water, searching for direction. Then his brother gave him a climbing rope. And along that sixty-meter lifeline, Brendan gradually found redemption in the crags of the American West. He became a climber, someone who learned to push past fear, to tough it out during long, grueling days in the mountains; someone who supported his partners, keeping them safe in dangerous situations and volatile environments; someone with confidence, purpose, and space to breathe.

Sixty Meters to Anywhere is the painfully honest story of a life changed by climbing, and the sometimes nervous, sometimes nerve-wracking, and often awkward first years of recovery. In the mountains, Leonard ultimately finds a second chance.
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Sixty Meters to Anywhere

Sixty Meters to Anywhere

by Brendan Leonard
Sixty Meters to Anywhere

Sixty Meters to Anywhere

by Brendan Leonard

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• The author is a popular journalist and blogger and the creator of Semi-rad.com
• A full journey—from confusion to clarity, remorse to redemption
• Will appeal to those searching for adventure and purpose

When Brendan Leonard finished substance abuse treatment at age 23, he was lost. He knew what not to do—not drink alcohol and not get arrested again. But no one had told him what it was that he could do. He quickly realized that he had to reinvent himself, to find something other than alcohol and its social constructions to build his life around.

A few years later, Brendan was sober and had completed a graduate degree in journalism, but he still felt he was treading water, searching for direction. Then his brother gave him a climbing rope. And along that sixty-meter lifeline, Brendan gradually found redemption in the crags of the American West. He became a climber, someone who learned to push past fear, to tough it out during long, grueling days in the mountains; someone who supported his partners, keeping them safe in dangerous situations and volatile environments; someone with confidence, purpose, and space to breathe.

Sixty Meters to Anywhere is the painfully honest story of a life changed by climbing, and the sometimes nervous, sometimes nerve-wracking, and often awkward first years of recovery. In the mountains, Leonard ultimately finds a second chance.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781680510430
Publisher: Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date: 03/22/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Brendan Leonard is the creator of Semi-Rad.com and the author of eight books. His work has appeared in Alpinist, CNN, Outside, Men's Journal, National Geographic Adventure, Backpacker, Adventure Cyclist, and dozens of other publications. He is also a contributing editor at Adventure Journal and The Dirtbag Diaries podcast. Brendan and his wife live in Denver.

Table of Contents

Author's Note ix

1 Loser 1

2 Reconstruction 11

3 Criminal 27

4 Big Sky 37

5 Sorry 55

6 Elevation 67

7 Oxygen 85

8 Doubt 99

9 Up 105

10 Closure 125

11 Can't 139

12 Identity 151

13 Forever 163

Acknowledgments 175

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