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Ryan Wichelns

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Ryan Wichelns’s Biography

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A native of upstate New York (actual upstate, none of that “just north of NYC” stuff), Ryan fell in love with hiking, camping and backpacking in the Adirondack Mountains at a young age, organizing and completing in 2013 one of the first bisections of the Adirondack Park, entirely self-powered, over 210 miles and 20 days through the rugged Adirondack backcountry.

He honed his rock, ice climbing and mountaineering skills in New Hampshire’s White Mountains and later the Cascade Range of the Pacif…

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These Expert-Approved Ski Racks Get Your Gear to the Mountain Safely

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By Ryan Wichelns Verified
| Yahoo Tech
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We’ll be the first to admit it: Skiing requires a lot of stuff. Skis, boots, bindings, poles, fancy heated mittens, special socks, helmets, and on and on. It’s a lot to try and jam into the trunk of your car, especially when much of that gear is soggy, wet, or frozen. Enter: the ski rack.
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Yosemite Permits: Your Guide to Half Dome and the Backcountry - Uncommon Path – An REI Co-op Publication

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By Michelle Flandreau, Ryan Wichelns Verified
| Uncommon Path Verified
By now, we all know: Our national parks are popular. In 2023, visits to National Park Service-operated lands topped 325 million annual visits. Yosemite National Park is no exception. The park saw a drop in visitation to the park during the COVID-19 pandemic, but visits have increased every year since then with 3.89 million visits last year. But unlike Yellowstone, at Yosemite visitors often are hemmed in by 3,000-foot-tall cliffs and granite domes.
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In Praise of Camping in the Cold - Uncommon Path – An REI Co-op Publication

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By Sarah Grothjan Verified, Ryan Wichelns Verified
| REI Co-op Journal Verified
A low rumble down the valley rattles me awake—it’s not loud nor physically jarring from where I’m camped on the West Fork of Alaska’s Ruth Glacier, but the distant avalanche is still deep, guttural and impressive. I sit up just enough to remove my sleeping bag’s hood from my ears, and that little bit of movement is enough to send down a shower of ice crystals from the tent ceiling. This is what happens when camping in the cold.
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