It’s late March 2018 and Kai Jones, a pint-sized skier from Victor, Idaho, is in the middle of his spring break from sixth grade. But unlike his peers, Kai isn’...
Relatively affordable, safe and efficient, bicycles have long played a key role in movements for women’s equality, starting with the American suffragettes in th...
You may have heard of an FKT—”fastest known time.” Like, the fastest known time climbing Everest. Or, the fastest known time on the Appalachian Trail. But did y...
“You’re not going to finish.” The words came from a tall, wiry man in his 60s named Scott. Four hours into the hardest race of my life deep in Colorado’s San Ju...
Wim Hof on using nature to rediscover his inner power.
When I started this podcast, my goal was to talk to people who had made their wild ideas a reality...
Editor's note on October 23, 2018: REI is an active investor in the growing body of research establishing the link between health and nature. Today, REI announc...
Whether you’re planning a race in the thick of summer or just hoping to maintain your mileage through the hot season, there are a few things you should know bef...
We’re pretty obsessed with gear—and have been for the past 80 years. And if you’re here, that means you’re also probably pretty obsessed. We are constantly choo...
A couple of years ago my 3-year-old son and I had one of those especially difficult days getting on trail. We were visiting Arches National Park and the challen...
A common ingredient in your favorite energy drink grows wild in the mountains of North Carolina, and it’s worth so much, you have to win a lottery in order to h...
My friend Aaron and I spent parts of two days tromping in and around Denali National Park in early May. The mountains were spectacular, the moose were enormous ...
It wasn’t Lindsey Runkel’s first fall. There had been the fractured hand riding singletrack around Arizona. Then there was the broken collarbone at Phoenix’s So...
