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Florence Williams

Florence Williams

Florence Williams is the author of The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier and More Creative (W.W. Norton, 2017). Winner of the 2013 L.A. Times B...
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Cam Brensinger

Cam Brensinger founded NEMO Equipment in 2002 and serves as its CEO and lead designer and innovator. He currently lives with his wife, two young children and 12...
Elisia Williams

Elisia Williams

Elisia Williams has practiced yoga from the cool shade of a 600-year-old Douglas Fir tree in Washington to the warm beaches of Puerto Rico. She is currently exp...
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Ashlee Langholz

Ashlee Langholz currently lives and plays in the mountains around Seattle, Washington and is a content manager at REI. REI Member since 2007....
Shawnté Salabert

Shawnté Salabert

Shawnté Salabert is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer interested in the connections between humans and the natural world. Her work has appeared in Outside, A...
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Ambreen Tariq

Ambreen Tariq is the founder of @BrownPeopleCamping, a social media initiative that utilizes personal narratives and digital storytelling to promote greater div...
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Jenny Abegg

Raised by mountain-loving parents on the flanks of the North Cascades, Jenny’s idea of a perfect day starts and ends wearing a headlamp, and includes a snowy ap...
Grace and Carlos Luna

Carlos and Grace Luna

Carlos and Grace Luna are a husband and wife duo who love the outdoors. They believe in zero-waste hiking and living minimally, consciously and intentionally on...
Brittany Goris

Brittany Goris

Brittany Goris is a freelance writer from Seattle, who writes about climbing when it’s too rainy to do the real thing. She has written for Climbing, Rock and Ic...
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Jaclyn Ruckle

Jaclyn Ruckle is the manager of the REI social media team. She’s a full-time mountain lady and a one-time hair model. REI Member since 2011....
Clare Gallagher

Clare Gallagher

Ultrarunner Clare Gallagher studied coral ecology and ran cross country and track at Princeton. After college, she taught English in Thailand, where she also ra...
Erin Beresini

Erin Beresini

Erin Beresini is the author of Off Course: Inside the Mad, Muddy World of Obstacle Course Racing. She once ran a 100-miler, very slowly....