For more than 30 years, the process of creating synthetic insulation at PrimaLoft’s Vietnamese manufacturing facility was mostly unchanged. Webs of synthetic in...
As the coronavirus continues to upend our daily routines, people across the nation are rediscovering the many benefits of time outdoors. Whether for exercise, m...
My body is screaming. I bite down hard and exhale harder, a desperate attempt to quell the pain like that one yoga instructor on YouTube taught me. I’m prone on...
Editor’s note: REI has partnered with Minority Veterans of America (MVA) since 2018 on both the local and national level through initiatives like #OptOutside, H...
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Amber Pierce started cycling in her early twenties, and within a year, she went pro. She signed her first professional contract with the WEBCOR Bu...
In unison with people around the world fighting racial injustice, the co-op is challenging itself and its more than 19 million members to act against the racial...
At the co-op, we believe the outdoors is a place to find common ground with people from all backgrounds and political affiliations. When it comes to politics, R...
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Joe Gray is an accomplished trail, mountain and snowshoe runner. He was the first Black athlete to make the Team USA World Mountain Running Team a...
A version of this story appeared in the summer 2020 issue of Uncommon Path.
In August 2019, standing on an icy saddle between the two peaks of the highest t...
A version of this story appeared in the summer 2020 issue of Uncommon Path.
Ninety-three miles west of Seattle, Point Haynisisoos juts out from Washington’s...
Denver’s Montbello Open Space Park sits in an industrial part of the city, near neat rows of beige buildings, a gas station and streets crammed with cars. Climb...
We stand for racial equity. But we know that for many people and communities, being able to live safely and openly with equitable access to opportunities and a ...
