Entries filed under 'Mountaineering'

Going Up: The High-Altitude Life of REI Member #14

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Stacey Cook, shares her interview with Virginia Kelley, a climber and REI member from the co-op’s early days. Virginia, who recently turned 100 years old, enjoyed many years of climbing with Clint Kelley, her husband and REI member #14. ...

Posted by Steve T on May 22, 2013 9:00 AM & Tagged Climbing, Mountaineering and REI member | permalink | Comments



'What's Your Denali?:' Thinking About the Glass Ceilings of the Outdoors

Today's guest blogger is Laura Swapp, REI's diversity and inclusion director: I am not black, and I am not going to summit Denali—at least not this year. But I do think that the Expedition Denali team has a game changer on their hands. And I love a game changer: something that is big, unexpected and transformative. ...

Posted by Steve T on May 3, 2013 12:15 PM & Tagged Climbing, Expedition Denali and Mountaineering | permalink | Comments



On 9/11, Veterans Climb the Grand Teton to Symbolize the Resilience of the Human Spirit

The outdoors is routinely recognized for the healing, therapeutic qualities it extends to humans, and on this anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy a small group of veterans is climbing 13,770-foot Grand Teton today in Grand Teton National Park. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on September 11, 2012 11:45 AM & Tagged Climbing, Grand Teton National Park, Mountaineering, Rock climbing and national parks | permalink | Comments