Based in Seattle, Washington, Rick Meade has 20+ years of experience as an outdoor industry leader and is currently the President of Nikwax North America. An ac...
Gina Bégin made her way from her native Florida to the backwoods of British Columbia, living in her car and exploring along the way with an old DSLR and a lot o...
Ben Horton started his career as a photographer by taking photographs of places where other people simply couldn’t go. The more remote the location, the harder ...
Ann Driggers is a weekend warrior and backcountry bon vivant who lives to hike, ride, run, and ski in the great outdoors. She is most often found roaming throug...
Chris Parker is a freelance writer, Senior Contributing Editor at Rock and Ice magazine and musician with a serious climbing addiction. Since migrating to the m...
Caroline Gleich is a professional ski mountaineer and environmental activist with big mountain dreams. Her goal is to climb and ski the biggest mountains in the...
Adam Setzer is an alpine-trail junkie and senior copywriter at REI. He cut his teeth climbing in the Adirondacks and has an unhealthy obsession with teal mounta...
Laura Swapp is director of next gen marketing at REI. Most recently, she led Force of Nature, one of the co-op’s biggest initiatives for 2017. This holistic eff...
Cindy is the Senior Instructor for the REI Outdoor School in Austin, TX. Aside from being a pro-level mountain bike rider and USA Cycling XC series national ch...
David Miller is Senior Editor of Matador (winner of 2010 and 2011 Lowell Thomas awards for travel journalism) and Director of Curricula at MatadorU....
Matt McAdow has preferred the out-of-doors life to its antithesis for a long time! He is an avid backpacker, trail runner, and camp enthusiast. Recently, he com...
Chelle Roberts is a travel aficionado with a passion for culture, nature and photography. From the beach to the mountains, an urban vibe to a sleepy little vill...
