Brendan Leonard is a writer and climber who spent almost three years living out of a Chevy Astrovan, and his book about life on the road, The New American Road Trip Mixtape, was published in 2013. He is a contributing editor at Climbing and Adventure Journal, and his stories have appeared in Backpacker, Outside, The Dirtbag Diaries, High Country News, Men’s Journal, and other publications, and every week on his website, Semi-Rad.com.