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The outdoors have never been so accessible with technology, used to plan and track every last detail of a trip.
After reading Edward Abbey's "Desert Solitair...
REI members Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks created Black Girls RUN! to help tackle the growing obesity epidemic in the African-American community, and to provide s...
Twenty women from all over the United States met up in Moab, Utah, for 40 to 60 miles a day of road cycling. They talk here about the value of coming together a...
Learn the "why" and "where" of REI's investment in solar technology, plus other fun facts about the sun. Who knew energy management could be this much fun?...
Seen from mud puddle to fashion runway, rain boots -— a.k.a. Wellies, gumboots or galoshes -— are so much more than waterproof rubber footwear! Read our infogra...
Gearing up to make some turns? Drop into this infographic to get the inside line on the main categories of downhill skis: backcountry, all mountain, powder, and...
REI works to protect the environment and the places its members love to play. Energy use is one of our largest impacts on the climate, and we have committed to ...
This high-tech solution to cycling gears delivers easy shifting plus low maintenance for your bike commute, as our infographic explains.
An internal-gear hub...
What does it mean when running shoes have "zero drop?" This Science of the Outdoors infographic gives you the lowdown.
Drop is the difference in thicknes...
What's the difference between a lumen and a watt? Our new Science of the Outdoors infographic shines a light on the subject.
A lumen is a unit of measurement...
