REI’s gigantic anniversary sale is live with up to 30% off some of the site's bestselling camping and hiking gear from The North Face, Keen, Merrell, and dozens of other brands. The one brand to not ...

Right now, REI is running a sitewide REI Co-op Holiday Sale from now through November 24, with up to 83 percent off essentials every kind of hiker, camper, and traveler needs for the journey ahead.

Though loads of gnarled old-timers might think of trekking poles as “nerdy” or “only for speed-walking grannies,” the science is in, and it says that using a simple set of walking sticks in each hand ...

In my early days of thru-hiking, I was vehemently against carrying trekking poles. I saw them as unnecessary, something that my parents or grandparents would use. In short, I regarded them as ...

In 2002, on day eight of my first-ever thru hike of the Appalachian Trail, I descended to the Nantahala Outdoor Center at mile 138 with a deflated spirit, a crushingly heavy pack, shin splints, and ...