Archives: Biographies

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Gwyneth Manser

Gwyneth Manser is a Spokane, Washington–based photographer, writer, and trail snack enthusiast who shares stories about hiking, backpacking and travel. She and ...
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Sarah Gilman

Sarah Gilman is an independent writer, illustrator and editor based in north-central Washington state....
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Ty Billman

Ty Billman is a freelance writer and printed matter archivist based in Brooklyn, New York. REI Co-op Member since 2025....
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Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis currently is a freelance journalist who has worked for National Public Radio, KIRO Radio, and GeekWire. He is a former reporter for the Seattle Post-...
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Kim Bell

Kim Bell is a writer and avid traveler who became visually impaired in 2012. She is wife to Seattle Seahawks–zealot Keith, bird mom to orange-fronted conure Pip...
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Eric J. Wallce

Eric J. Wallace is a career journalist who writes about food, drink, travel, outdoor adventure and the wild and crazy intersection where they collide. His work ...
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Jason Wise

Jason Wise, aka @jasonjourneyman, is an environmental educator, Certified California Naturalist, LGBTQIA+ activist, native-plant dad, prolific tree hugger. He h...
Alisha McDarris

Alisha McDarris

Alisha McDarris is an outdoor journalist and co-founder of outdoor adventure blog and YouTube channel Terradrift.com. She’s passionate about sustainability, sol...
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Sarah Boon

Sarah Boon, PhD, is a freelance writer and editor whose book reviews and essays have been published in Aeon, The Times Literary Supplement, Nature, Science and ...
Wudan Yan

Wudan Yan

Wudan Yan is an award-winning narrative journalist, fact-checker, and entrepreneur based in Seattle, Washington. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Calif...
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Megan Lee

Megan Lee unsuccessfully tried to dig her way to China from her sandbox when she was 6. Since then, she has traveled, lived, and taught on five continents, and ...