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Holly Yu Tung Chen

Holly Yu Tung Chen (she/her) has been writing creatively since she could hold a crayon. She published an award-winning, national-bestselling young adult novel o...
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Keith Erps

Keith Erps knows that the goodness outside is closer than you think. Learning how to access experiences outside while learning to navigate disability has shifte...
REI contributor Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell is a U.K.-based mum of two and a freelance journalist. When she's not sitting at her laptop or juggling life as a parent, she enjoys running or...
Erin Berger has shoulder-length auburn hair with bangs and is looking at the camera

Erin Berger

Erin Berger is a freelance writer and editor based in Seattle, Washington. REI Member since 2015....
Sara K. Runnels

Sara K. Runnels

Sara K. Runnels is a seasoned copywriter, humor writer and writer-writer living in Seattle, Washington. Her work regularly appears in The New Yorker, McSweeney’...
Portrait of Uncommon Path contributor Kamilah Journét wearing a burgundy singlet and jeans, standing in front of an orange tree.

Kamilah Journét

Kamilah Journét is a distance runner, marketing strategist, environmentalist and USATF level 1 certified running coach based in Portland, Oregon. REI member sin...
Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri is a mixed South Asian American writer from Northern California. Her debut collection of short stories, What We Fed to the Manticore (Tin ...
Amy Conry Davis

Amy Conry Davis

Amy Conry Davis works as a freelance writer, content creator, and photographer. Her work has been published in Southern Living, Lonely Planet, TripSavvy and Mat...
Miranda Smith

Miranda Smith

Miranda is an internal communications specialist at REI, based in Seattle, WA. Happiest outside, she enjoys snowboarding, climbing, mountain biking, and live mu...
Sidney Baptista

Sidney Baptista

Sidney Baptista is an entrepreneur and community advocate who is passionate about leveraging running to create experiences and connect diverse communities. H...
Erica Zazo

Erica Zazo

Erica Zazo is a Chicago-based freelance outdoor writer. She's a big fan of urban nature, exploring lesser-known trails and towns and drinking post-adventure cra...