Shifting Focus Miranda Webster|July 18, 2019 How two REI employees embraced the unknown to prioritize bikepacking and their proximity to the outdoors.
Wildfire Episode One: Trapped by Fire Chelsea Davis| On September 2, 2017, 150 hikers in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge were suddenly and terrifyingly trapped above Multnomah Falls by the Eagle Creek Fire.
Living to Ride: One Woman Bike Tech’s “wild and wonderful” career in cycling Kathryn True|April 12, 2019 I caught up with Jacinta "J" Higgins as she waited for a flight to Colorado, where she’d be learning the intricacies of new Cannondale suspe...
REI Presents: ANDY REI Staff|February 28, 2019 REI employee Andy Browne;s goal is to get more people to spend more time outdoors. Watch his journey to do so over the past 90 years.
Letter from Jerry Stritzke to REI Employees REI Staff|February 12, 2019 On Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at an employee meeting at REI headquarters, REI CEO Jerry Stritzke resigned as REI CEO and Eric Artz was named interim CEO.
Summiting at 17,000 Feet: My Climb of Kilimanjaro with Outdoor Afro Brittany Leavitt|October 18, 2018 On June 20, 2018, an 11-person expedition became the second all-Black U.S. team to summit Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Brittany Leavitt, a 29-year-old preschool teacher and REI Outdoor School instructor, recounts her experience here.
Force of Nature in New York City: REI’s Women’s Speaker Series Kristen Phillips| Last year, REI launched the Force of Nature initiative designed to elevate the conversation around women in the outdoors. One of the main co...
REI Co-op and The Moth Team Up to Tell Stories of a Life Outdoors Laura Chapman| For the second year, REI Co-op has teamed up with the crew behind The Moth to bring live storytelling events about the outdoors to local com...
This REI Instructor Teaches Outdoor Classes in American Sign Language Shelby Carpenter|July 2, 2018 Outdoor School instructor Diedre Tanenberg grew up on the West Coast, where she acquired a passion for pushing herself outside, primarily through camping and whitewater rafting. There’s one thing that makes her classes unique: Tanenberg, who is deaf, teaches her courses in American Sign Language (ASL).
REI Podcasts: Wild Ideas Worth Living and Take It From Me Chelsea Davis| This year, the REI Co-op released two podcasts–Wild Ideas Worth Living and Take It From Me–about people doing incredible things in the outdo...
Why REI Outessa Matters REI Staff| Outessa lives up to its promise of creating sweaty, dirty, happy women.
