When I first moved to Seattle 15 years ago, I didn't own a rain jacket and never had. It’s not that I didn’t spend time outside in the rain; I just got wet. Or ...
When I first began running during my freshman year of high school, my coach decided my every move. My mom would drop me off for 7am practice on an already warm ...
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The absolute peak moment of an outdoor adventure is when your friend sends a stunning Instagram post of a breathtaking view from the ...
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In 2013, Thor Pedersen left his home in Denmark for the trip of a lifetime. His goal was to travel to every country in the world. He had three rul...
Award-winning nonprofit Ghetto Film School (GFS) and REI Co-op Studios created the “Inside/Outside” mentorship and incubator program to help three filmmakers as...
Nature is often the backdrop for the stories we tell. It’s the glacier lake we jump into; the pillowy snow we send our skis down; the wind that whips at our ten...
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Lael Wilcox is known as one of the world's best ultra-endurance cyclists. She's ridden over 150,000 miles in more than 50 countries. Now, Lael is ...
This story was originally published on September 27, 2023 and was updated on April 5, 2024.
Biking roughly 3,000 miles from the northern tip of Maine to the ...
In August 2022, REI Co-op product developer Lauren Bowman asked hundreds of gear testers of all shapes and sizes to hunker down in sleeping bag samples. Bowman...
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Glen Van Peski is known as the king of ultralight backpacking. While backpackers will hit the trails with a pack that weighs upwards of 20 pounds,...
My husband and son are avid backpackers. Last August, they set out with their packs and trekked 30 miles inside Yosemite National Park. They saw deer, foxes, wi...
Editor's note: This story was originally published on March 23, 2023 and has been updated to reflect new products.
In decades past, suffering for the fun of ...
