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Your Favorite Outdoor Stories

Your Favorite Outdoor Stories

How did 23 friends become 19 million members? To celebrate 82 years of the co-op, we asked our community to tell us their favorite outdoor stories. More than 10...
Mini Monster: The Brooklyn Beast

Mini Monster: The Brooklyn Beast

Transcript This month, we’re doing something a bit different. Our friends over at West Elm—you know, the ones with all the great furniture and home decor—rea...
The Muldoons in front of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, the culmination of their Camino Francés hike.

Baby’s First Thru-Hike

A version of this story appeared in the summer 2020 issue of Uncommon Path.  Ever since they met while studying abroad, REI members Pablo and Rache...
Scenic waterfront

Eric Artz: Reopening Our Stores 

Editor’s note on June 4, 2020: Check our store locator to see the current status of your local REI. To our co-op community, I’m writing to share some good n...