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Olivia Dwyer

Olivia Dwyer

Olivia Dwyer is a freelance writer based in New York's Adirondack Mountains. She's formerly an editor at Mountain magazine and once co-piloted a 1982 Volkswagen...
Steven Shattuck

Steven Shattuck

Steven Shattuck (trail name: Twinkle) is a long distance hiker, ski mountaineer, mountain goat, and nerd.  When he's not taking months off from being an auditor...
Abigail Wise

Abigail Wise

Abigail is a former editor for REI Co-op. She also previously worked for Outside magazine and The Huffington Post. Her writing has also appeared in publications...
Logan Jenott

Logan Jenott

Logan is an REI copywriter who thrives on backpacking, snowboarding and exploring off-the-beaten-path destinations. His favorite places to play include Washingt...
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Gale Straub

Gale Straub is the founder of She Explores, a podcast and content site for women who are inspired by time spent outside. She collaborated with Jessie Davis of S...
Kirk Myers

Kirk Myers

Kirk Myers is a longtime REI employee and sustainable business leader who focuses on answering the question, “What should be better as REI grows and thrives?” H...
Charlotte Austin

Charlotte Austin

Charlotte Austin is an award-winning adventure writer and international mountain guide who has led climbing, mountaineering and hiking expeditions around the wo...
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Shelma Jun

Shelma Jun is the founder of Flash Foxy and the Women's Climbing Festival. Flash Foxy was created in 2014 to celebrate women climbing with women and to be a pla...
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Matt Liddle

Matt Liddle manages Outdoor Programs and Outreach teams for REI Co-op in the Mid-Atlantic. He’s dedicated to the vitality of outdoor culture. And like lots of t...
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Ann Bieri

Ann Bieri has been a writer at REI for nine years. She grew up exploring the Hill Country outside Austin, Texas, has traveled to 27 other countries and lived in...
Catherine Walker

Catherine Walker

Catherine Walker served the co-op for 18 years as a board member and as general counsel. Recently retired, she now spends even more time outdoors—exploring the ...
Miranda Weiss

Miranda Weiss

Miranda Weiss is the author of Tide, Feather, Snow: A Life in Alaska. Her science and nature writing has appeared in the American Scholar, the Washington Post, ...