Author Bio

Stacey Cook

Stacey Cook is an REI staff writer. A Michigan native, she received her MFA in writing from Columbia University and a Fulbright to the Philippines, where she stayed for three years. Back in the Northwest, she lives in Tacoma with her family and two dogs, and can be found hiking or kayaking on her best days.

Stories by Stacey Cook...

One to One with Mother Earth

Stacey Cook|March 8, 2016

Driving along Highway 191 to Chinle, Arizona, a small town in the Navajo Nation, feels like visiting another planet. Red rock formations rise out of the red dir...

Loving the Wilderness to Death

Stacey Cook|January 28, 2016

Only when his kayak flipped in the rapids did Jeff Marion—then a teenaged Eagle Scout—realize that wearing boots had been a bad idea. The spray skirt came off b...

Bringing Kyle to Katahdin

Stacey Cook|January 28, 2016

Rob McCann and Jared Dinsmore are sitting by a smoldering fire outside a hunting cabin in rural Maine. The air is cold, and the fire pit is framed by ferns and ...

The Environment Needs to Speak to You

Stacey Cook|January 3, 2016

When John Aranson designs a trail, he studies the terrain until he sees where the trail needs to go. “That’s what I call ground mapping,” he says. “The environm...