Sixty Meters to Anywhere

By: Brendan Leonard

Narrated by: Brian Hansbury

Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

When Brendan Leonard moved to the West at age 23, he was a mess. He had a tenuous grip on sobriety, only six months after his last drink had landed him in yet another jail cell. It was the final mistake in a long list that included multiple arrests, wrecked cars, broken bones, fistfights, and ruined relationships.

In Montana, he took his first steps into the Rocky Mountains, unwittingly beginning a decade-long obsession with climbing and a journey that would take him all over the West and Europe. Told with unflinching honesty and vulnerability, Sixty Meters to Anywhere is the memoir of a barstool storyteller who left the bar and found adventure, redemption, and a life that almost never happened.

©2016 Brendan Leonard (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Great book

I really love how the outdoors opened up for a perfect life.
I love real life stories.

great listen

really enjoyed this journey of a book. thank you for sharing your life with the readers.

Tale of sobriety and climbing

I didn't personally connect with the story, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Well written, well performed. It's hard to call the book "enjoyable" as the subject matter was often very difficult, but it was a quick and interesting read. You can tell Brendan Leonard is genuine in his writing.

Redemption thru climbing

Young alcoholic stays sober and finds new life beyond drinking through climbing. He learns to appreciate struggles and hard won victories. He realizes his personal accomplishments led to a satisfying life.

can't get past the inhalations

the story is fine, the narrators constant inhalations which are incredibly audible are very distracting to me. you may not find it annoying, however I do suggest that you listen to the sample first before purchasing this book it may be more enjoyable to read it with your eyes instead of listening to it.....

Worth the listen

Thoroughly enjoyable listen! The title let me to think the tale would be different than it is, but that didn't matter, lovely!

As a climber I can fully relate to his perspective

As a climber and someone who has had her own struggles, I can fully relate to the author's perspective and experiences.

Fully-Rad Story

Brendon is well known in the outdoors community. He has a blog and social medias called Semi-Rad where he combines humor and wit into common outdoors situations. This is a very open and honest book about his life growing up in small town Iowa before moving to the mountains. The book focuses a lot on his early partying and addiction to binge drinking and how he ultimately got away from that and lives a fulfilling life outdoors. This is a great book for anyone interested in addiction recovery, moving to the mountains or generally escaping an imprisoning situation.

Raw authentic telling of his story

His perspective of the ease of being an alcoholic in the rural Midwest and his determination to change course, finding recovery in the mountains.

Best book I’ve read in a long time

This was awesome. Brendan is damn gifted. It’s Probably the best book ever written about addiction, joy, life, college in Iowa and also rock climbing ever.
It’s nice to listen too, also. Good voice.