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Ten Ways REI Could Make Systemic Change and Actually Empower Women to be Forces of Nature

Ten Ways REI Could Make Systemic Change and Actually Empower Women to be Forces of Nature

Image of Lauret Savoy's book, Trace: Exploring Landscapes of Exclusion and Inclusion in American History. The following list is in no particular order. 1. Give gear and clothes to the houseless. 2. Acknowledge the land they are on. 3. Acknowledge the real reasons as to why women, especially

Actual Empowerment Doesn't Matter You Can Buy it at an REI Near You

Actual Empowerment Doesn't Matter You Can Buy it at an REI Near You

2017 is the year of bigley news: Women are people too. True savvy, successful business people have recently discovered that half of their consumers identity as women. And what do women want? To be empowered, to be free, to be strong, to be agents of their own lives, to make

#vanlife

{ Writing and art by the great and spectacular and lovely Astra Lincoln herself } The story we tell about living in a van (or a truck camper, or over the folded-down seats of a hatchback) goes that it is a sort of moveable feast. That it’s a room with

Summer Outdoor Retailer 2016: Talking Environmentalism

Originally published in The Alpinist Words and photos by Erin Monahan As I walked the maze-like, gear-laden aisles of the 2016 Summer Outdoor Retailer, I couldn’t help imagining all the brand-new, shiny items, six feet underground. The smart headlamps, the tech-soled boots, the lightest avalanche

Barriers of Entry

I work at REI, in the footwear and climbing departments, and have grown accustomed to being brushed off. I optimistically hope that it is just the customer, that they just got a parking ticket, are running late, are dejected by Portland’s grey skies and soggy afternoons, already know what

Chaos: Byron Etta Talks About the Biggest Gang in the World, "Actual" Danger, and... Whiteness

Chaos: Byron Etta Talks About the Biggest Gang in the World, "Actual" Danger, and... Whiteness

Shout out to TOBY BUTTERFIELD for most of the photo creds My friendship with Byron Etta started at Smith Rock State Park three years ago. He has always been one of my heroes in climbing and in life. From our first conversation he exuded such levels of candor, conviction, conscientiousness,

I'm Not Your Babe, Bro

I'm Not Your Babe, Bro

I was originally attracted to climbing not only because it pushes my limits, but also because it’s all about community and comraderie. Last year, my boss at the climbing gym told me that I could host the all-women climb night and my eyes lit up. The fact that