Pay Off Your Trangressions In Beers

Bears Don’t Care About Your Problems is a charming collection of outdoorsy (and pro-being-kind-to-each-other) essays by Brendan Leonard. At the Winter Outdoor Retailer, it turned out that Brandon Leonard himself was signing copies of Bears Don’t Care! So I wheedled  my colleague into attending the book signing with me, and to top it off, I even got to meet his dog Rowlf. 

Brendan and I are both Iowan transplants to Colorado, and his article on the joys of weeknight camping inspired a few friends and I to camp on a memorable Thursday night trip last summer.

His climbing essays are a bit (ok, a lot) beyond my skillset, but he keeps them accessible and funny even to newbies like me. He encourages readers to be enthusiastic, and decent (like clarifying the number of beers necessary to repay adventure-based favors), so get out there and adventure away! 

Note: Adventures may be somewhat delayed, as I post this during the Coronavirus-Battening-Of-The-Hatches.