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Corina sitting at the top of a hike with her corgi.

Corina Carrizales

Corina Carrizales writes at REI by day, cuddles with corgi by night. She’s a fan of good beer, strong coffee and a nice beach. REI member since 2017....
Kate Siber

Kate Siber

Kate Siber is a freelance journalist and correspondent for Outside magazine living in Durango, Colorado. She is the author of National Parks of the U.S.A., a la...
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Liz Dengler

Liz Dengler is a map nerd, writer and adventure-seeker who spends her working hours as a trail content editor for REI’s Adventure Projects where she seeks to im...
Carolyn Wood

Carolyn Wood

Carolyn Wood became one of the youngest athletes to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. She is the author of Tough Girl: Lessons in Courage and Heart from Ol...
Mason Trumble

Mason Trumble

Mason Trumble is the REI Outdoor Programs and Experiences Market Coordinator for Hartford and New Haven. He most enjoys spending his free time paddling Maine ri...
Nick Davidson

Nick Davidson

Nick Davidson is a Santa Fe, New Mexico-based writer, editor, and radio producer and a frequent contributor to Outside. His stories live at the outdoorsy crossr...
Seth Putnam

Seth Putnam

Seth Putnam is a journalist, editor and print consultant based in Chicago. A graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, he got his start as a hard-news repo...
Patrick Hutchinson

Patrick Hutchison

Patrick Hutchison writes about the outdoors, travel and the environment when he isn't working on his off-grid cabin in Washington's Cascade Mountains. REI membe...
Jess Daddio

Jess Daddio

Jess Daddio is a multimedia storyteller—writer, photographer, videographer—and a former travel editor at Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine. Her work has appeared in ...
Morgan Mackaay

Morgan Mackaay

A University of Washington student that couldn’t leave the PNW, Morgan studies Informatics in school and Oceanography in her free time. Her favorite hobbies inc...
Hannah Weinberger

Hannah Weinberger

Hannah Weinberger is a Seattle-based freelance journalist covering outdoor recreation and the environment. She has worked for Wirecutter, Outside and Bicycling;...