Courtney moved to Boulder, Colorado, to pursue her dream of hiking, biking, skiing and writing about it. So far, things are working out. In the past four years, she’s transitioned from 100-mile days on her road bike to backpacking with a stuffed rabbit, Tonka truck and toddler in tow. Her husband comes too. She confesses to preferring Diet Coke to craft beer. REI member since 2011.
Sports have long celebrated winners. And in the outdoor space, winning typically means going fast. This go-quick mentality spills into many areas of people's li...
Back in the early 2000s, Mike Soltys was your standard broke undergraduate student at Clemson University. He marked his calendar not by term paper due dates, bu...
Defining the word “run” seems straightforward. It’s the process of going forward fast on foot–or, if you want to get technical about it, moving “with quick step...
It’s 3pm on a Friday, and the buzzing in your pocket indicates an incoming text: “Hey, we have room for an extra tent at our campsite tonight. Want to come?” Or...
Summer; Mount Zirkel Wilderness, Colorado. It’s a little after 8am on a drizzly, see-your-breath morning in the backcountry, and the water in the Jetboil is bub...
Head to the shoe department of your local REI Co-op, and you’ll encounter an expansive display. Leather hiking boots with burly lugs are parked near low-top tra...
“Gosh, he’s growing up so fast.”
I can’t help but think in clichés as I watch my 6-year-old pedaling up the dirt path. I let him set the pace as we ride over...
Hikes are clearly our jam here at REI Co-op: We love everything from short jaunts on local trails to epic summit pushes that begin predawn and end after dusk. W...
To hear Alan Ortega and Devin Arnold describe the 93 miles of trail that circumnavigate Mount Rainier is like listening to a best-of list for outdoor clichés: “...
It’s well before dawn as I swing open the door to my Prius and step into the near-empty parking lot at the base of Chautauqua Park in Boulder, Colorado. Though ...
One day in October 2019, 93-year-old Charley French packed his wetsuit, running shoes and triathlon kit into a suitcase. He strapped his time-trial bike onto hi...
When Joan Denizot founded Zize Bikes, she wanted to solve what seemed like an obvious problem: Doctors frequently encourage healthy exercise for people of all s...
