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 ...
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At the age of 50, Ruby Gates left her career and home to get on a sailboat for seven months. At the time, she knew nothing about sailing, but the ...
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What if your wild idea no longer brings you joy?
Retired pro skier, Grace Miller, is intimately familiar with a change of course. Grace grew up...
Some things in life are predictable. The sun will spin around the Earth. Your best friend will make you laugh. And time spent outside will lift the corners of y...
Co-op members know that REI is a different kind of company: Not only can you can find top-quality gear and a wide range of expertise to aid your outdoor adventu...
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Alastair Humphreys is an author and adventurer who has walked 600 miles across Southern India, ran an ultra marathon through the Sahara Desert, an...
Can art inspire us to get outside? That’s one of the questions artist and designer Chelsea Alexander asked herself when the Outdoor Afro Inc + REI Co-op design ...
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What if you had an opportunity to travel around the moon? Christina Koch has worked at NASA for the last 10 years, and has been a part of groundbr...
Thump. My feet slid out from under me, driving my hip into the slick dirt road. I winced. It was my third time falling on my run that winter, and I was over it....
