Eric Smith is a writer and editor who bounced around Alaska, Colorado, and his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, before relocating to the Boulder area for the thi...
Rachel Reich is a splitboard mountaineer, freelance marketing strategist, and writer based in Jackson, WY. You can read more about her Girls Gone Polar expediti...
Brian Threlkeld is an adventurer and photographer based in Portland, Maine. He tries to spend as much time as possible in the mountains whether it's climbing, s...
Smith is an editor for REI's Co-op Journal. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, where he spends as much time as possible smashing rocks on his mountain bike, making ...
Olivia Dwyer is a freelance writer based in New York's Adirondack Mountains. She's formerly an editor at Mountain magazine and once co-piloted a 1982 Volkswagen...
Steven Shattuck (trail name: Twinkle) is a long distance hiker, ski mountaineer, mountain goat, and nerd. When he's not taking months off from being an auditor...
Abigail is a former editor for REI Co-op. She also previously worked for Outside magazine and The Huffington Post. Her writing has also appeared in publications...
Logan is an REI copywriter who thrives on backpacking, snowboarding and exploring off-the-beaten-path destinations. His favorite places to play include Washingt...
Gale Straub is the founder of She Explores, a podcast and content site for women who are inspired by time spent outside. She collaborated with Jessie Davis of S...
Kirk Myers is a longtime REI employee and sustainable business leader who focuses on answering the question, “What should be better as REI grows and thrives?” H...
Charlotte Austin is an award-winning adventure writer and international mountain guide who has led climbing, mountaineering and hiking expeditions around the wo...
Shelma Jun is the founder of Flash Foxy and the Women's Climbing Festival. Flash Foxy was created in 2014 to celebrate women climbing with women and to be a pla...
