Originally from Queens, New York, Ralph started hiking in Los Angeles at the age of 26 and never stopped. In 2014 he created TRLBLZRS, an LA-based hiking group ...
Member since 2012
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I am Asia (Á-see-á) Arana, a 33-year-old, big-little kid who seeks adventure every chance I can get. I grew up in No...
REI Member since 2013
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My name is Katie Harris and I live in Washington DC. I’m the Trails Coalition Coordinator at Washington Area Bicyc...
When injury forced REI member, Magda, out of the 2008 Olympics, her love for the sport—and what she calls the magic of running outdoors—drove her to new persona...
I vividly remember the moment I became a REI co-op member.
It was 1995, and I was living in Southern California, working as a river raft guide on the Kern Rive...
Chuck has been an REI Member since 1940 when he began climbing peaks around the Pacific Northwest.
His first Mount Rainier climb was in 1940 while taking a loc...
REI members Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks created Black Girls RUN! to help tackle the growing obesity epidemic in the African-American community, and to provide s...
Warning: There's a whole lot of cuteness here.
Watch five-year-old and REI member Evan explore the wonders of Rocky Mountain National Park with his dad and e...
Three REI members and best friends took three months to ride from Chicago to San Francisco, with a "quick" detour to Portland, Oregon, along the way. In this vi...
