Shelby Stanger
Shelby Stanger has been passionate about people who have taken the road less traveled and lived out their wildest ideas since she wrote her first adventure sports newspaper column in 1999. Over the years, the journalist-turned-podcaster has paddled a remote portion of the Amazon River, surfed waves around the globe from Canada to Costa Rica, and interviewed countless CEOs, entrepreneurs and pro athletes on assignment for international publications. Stanger started REI Co-op's “Wild Ideas Worth Living” podcast in 2016 to amplify adventure narratives, and empower others to use nature and the outdoors as a catalyst for positive change. You can check out her book, Will to Wild: Adventures Great and Small to Change Your Life, available everywhere books are sold (including at REI stores) and see more of Stanger’s writing and speaking on her websiteor Instagram.