REI Member since: 1992
Favorite activities: Swimming, biking
Lucrecia will say her life changed when she decided to become a swimmer, at the age of 50. At firs...
Member since: 2012
Activities: Hiking, backpacking
Meet Karen, a Texas transplant that found her passion for the outdoors in 2013 while on a hike of The Enchan...
Long sandy beaches, legions of cars and palm tree-lined streets. These are things L.A. is famous for. But did you know that nestled within the city there’s an a...
If you need adventure photographer Becca Skinner, odds are you’d have better luck finding her in a bivy sack on a mountainside than on her couch at home—or indo...
Across the valley, two brightly colored mountain bikers sit poised on a ridgeline above a twisting section of singletrack. Thanks to the slender rectangle of te...
It’s award season again, which means that fans of the outdoors eagerly anticipate one of the biggies: Backpacker magazine’s Editors’ Choice Awards. The honor co...
Driving along Highway 191 to Chinle, Arizona, a small town in the Navajo Nation, feels like visiting another planet. Red rock formations rise out of the red dir...
Mountain Project is psyched to be a recipient of the Access Fund's 2015 Sharp End Award.
The award recognizes individuals, organizations, and businesses that...
Many hikers dream about idyllic days on a backcountry pilgrimage through the granite-polished high country of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Others fantasize abou...
Edelrid's Boa Eco 9.8 sets a new standard in green construction.
The basics of the modern climbing rope haven't changed much since Edelrid, headquartered in ...
An extra day means another opportunity to get outdoors and play. We challenged our Instagram community to take full advantage of Leap Day 2016 and share their a...
Have you ever wished to disconnect from reality, hit the road, and to be free to go anywhere?
In August of 2015, I couldn’t take thinking about the open road...
