Want to run injury-free for years to come? Amp up mobility in your hips.
Most of us are missing a lot of our hip extension mobility and are none the wiser. W...
Great Smoky is teetering the line between use and overuse. Here's what needs to happen to protect the United States’ most beloved park—and all of our public lan...
How one climber bumped her redpoint grade three letters in one weekend
I’d always been a trad climber, and as someone whose daydreams were filled with endles...
These shy, slender creatures are among running’s most graceful and exotic specimens.
The Trail Runner (Lopus granolas)
Because of their quick reflexes, speed ...
Your pup has been your loyal pacer, alarm clock, and morale manager on every single training run. Bringing him to race day every once in a while only seems fair...
Sarah Attar is an Olympian and professional runner—and so much more.
I first met Sarah in Mammoth Lakes, California, an epic mountain enclave she calls home....
Editor's Note: This story published in 2017, shortly after Mary Anderson's passing. This story is a tribute to her life and dedication to the co-op.
How c...
Learn more about REI Stewardship.
Belonging to the REI Co-op means being a steward of the outdoors. We're 16 million members and growing, have 300+ nonprofit...
Molly McCahan's toe peeked through a miniature crater of a hole in her right climbing shoe as rubber met rock in Washington’s Icicle Creek last fall. But h...
An insider shares her tips from hiking in the shadow of one of Argentina's most iconic peaks.
It was dark, and the past hour of hiking was spent crisscrossing ...
There are two surviving photos, from two iPhones ago, of the most important hike of my life. One is a landscape shot of the bright green, leafy trees that carpe...
