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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...
Warning: There's a whole lot of cuteness here.
Watch five-year-old and REI member Evan explore the wonders of Rocky Mountain National Park with his dad and e...
Three REI members and best friends took three months to ride from Chicago to San Francisco, with a "quick" detour to Portland, Oregon, along the way. In this vi...
"When I am up in the mountains, skiing and hitting big jumps... to me, it's just an escape."
REI members from Bend, Oregon, spent the night in a snow cave, b...
Ultramarathon runner and REI member Catra Corbett talks about how running helped save her life as she approaches her 100th 100-mile race.
"All my life, I hat...
REI member Andrew Eaton is thru-hiking the 2,180 mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 90 days. He's part of Peaks for Peace, a group of outdoor enthu...
A group of teens come together from across the country to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, the largest youth camp in the world, to experience nature and lear...
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...
