Brendan Leonard has written a weekly column at his website since February 2011, along with being a regular columnist at ϳԹ. His stories have appeared in Backpacker, National Geographic ϳԹ, ϳԹ, Men’s Journal, Sierra, ϳԹ Cyclist, and other publications.
Brendan is also the author of several books, .
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