How Trail Running Makes You Happier, Healthier, and Smarter Heather Johnson|April 26, 2017 A Q&A with author Sarah Lavender Smith In the first chapter of The Trail Runner's Companion: A Step-by-Step Guide to Trail Running an...
Weekend Project: Your Inspiration REI Staff|April 25, 2017 Who inspires you? Who teaches you by example? Who has changed your life? Who is the #ForceOfNature that encourages you to get outside?
Haley Robison Leads the Way Abigail Wise|April 20, 2017 A Q&A with the CEO of Kammok, a hammock company that lives and breathes the Texas outdoors When you think of Texas, you probably don'...
The Lady-Powered Mountain Bike Revolution Cindy Abbott|April 18, 2017 Since the beginning of mountain biking time, men have outnumbered women on the trails—but that’s finally changing. In the early days, Joe...
The Cat Lady AC Shilton|April 12, 2017 Discover the fascinating world of wildlife biology and learn what wildlife biologists do. Explore the role of these experts in preserving our natural world. Read more on REI's blog, The Cat Lady.
In Defense of the Outdoors Jenny Abegg|April 11, 2017 Let's defend the outdoors because it matters. It matters as an escape to reflect and to push the limits and helps us learn about ourselves.
My Friend Sarah Alexi Pappas|April 6, 2017 Sarah Attar is an Olympian and professional runner—and so much more. I first met Sarah in Mammoth Lakes, California, an epic mountain enc...
Betty Reid Soskin: Remembering a History Often Erased Stacey Cook|April 2, 2017 Betty Reid Soskin is the oldest active U.S. National Park ranger, stationed at the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front Park. This is her story.
Women Behind the Gear: Susan Viscon Stacey Cook|April 2, 2017 After 20 years in the gear business, Susan Viscon has seen it all. Today Susan is the senior vice president of merchandising at REI.
Force of Nature: Let’s Level the Playing Field Jerry Stritzke|April 2, 2017 Editor’s note on April 9, 2019: Our commitment to create unique experiences for women, by women is steadfast. We will not be announcing 2019...
Raising Girls of the Natural World Miranda Weiss|April 2, 2017 I am raising girls who are fundamentally at home outside. I want them to see the world as limitless and themselves as without bounds too.
A Conversation with the Woman Who Changed Distance Running Forever Morgan Sjogren|March 30, 2017 REI contributor and self-proclaimed "Running Bum" Morgan Sjogren talks with Bobbi Gibb, the first women to run the Boston Marathon, about th...