Miranda Webster, host of the REI YouTube series Miranda in the Wild, is here to show you that the outdoors doesn’t have to be intimidating.
Getting outside can be intimidating — it feels like there’s a lot that can go wrong. Luckily, Miranda Webster, host of the REI YouTube series Miranda in the Wild, is here to show you that it doesn’t have to be hard or scary. Miranda is like your best friend from middle school, and she’s been working at REI since she was 18 years old! It took her some time to find the right role, but hosting a video series was a perfect fit. In Miranda in the Wild, Miranda and her production team create educational and endearing videos to help encourage others to get outside.
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Shelby Stanger:
Getting outside can be intimidating, especially if you didn't grow up in an outdoorsy family. It feels like there's a lot that can go wrong. What if you encounter some lesson friendly wildlife? Where do you get your drinking water? How do you poop in the woods? Luckily, Miranda Webster, host of the REI YouTube series Miranda in the Wild, is here to guide you. I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living.
Shelby Stanger:
Miranda Webster is like your goofy best friend from middle school. On Miranda in the Wild, bad puns and loud belches are woven into her adventures, gear reviews, and how-to's. For Miranda, the show is all about making outdoor adventures seem more accessible and less intimidating. The videos are incredibly informative and endearing. It's no wonder they have hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube.
Shelby Stanger:
Miranda Webster, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living.
Miranda Webster:
Thanks for having me.
Shelby Stanger:
So, you have a show called Miranda in the Wild, which is so cool because you also work with REI. Can you tell me a little bit about what Miranda in the Wild is about?
Miranda Webster:
Yeah, absolutely. I love this question because I think it's sometimes hard for me to exactly articulate what it's about. Because really what we capture with Miranda in the Wild is my outdoor lifestyle. And just a lot of it feels like just capturing what I do outside and my experiences. But the main focus of Miranda in the Wild has been around backpacking and hiking and what an outdoor lifestyle can look like, and ideally hoping people find their own version of a life outside, whatever that might be.
Shelby Stanger:
It seems like you've made it a lot less intimidating, like backpacking. I have this podcast, I work with REI, but backpacking intimidates the heck out of me.
Miranda Webster:
Yeah. I totally get that. I didn't grow up super outdoorsy. I grew up a city kid. So, I was born and raised right outside Washington DC, I then moved to New York City, and then now I live in Seattle. So, I have always lived in city spaces and occupied places that are not really far out there. But I spent a lot of time just playing outside like a lot of kids did in my neighborhood. And I didn't actually discover the, quote unquote "outdoors," anything like outdoor recreation. I didn't really discover that until I started working at REI. And I was 18 years old. I've actually worked at REI for the entirety of my adult life.
Shelby Stanger:
Wow. Good for you.
Miranda Webster:
Yes. Thank you. Yeah.
Shelby Stanger:
This is not an ad for REI, by the way. I actually asked REI if I could interview Miranda.
Miranda Webster:
Yeah, this is definitely not an ad. That was how I discovered the outdoors. And being in that space, asking a lot of questions, and having coworkers who are so willing to educate me and help me and guide me along this journey, my outdoor journey. And that was really what got me into backpacking and hiking. And then over the years has gotten me into climbing and biking and travel. I have a van now. All of these things have happened for me because I had coworkers who are so willing to share their knowledge with me and so willing to just help educate me.
Miranda Webster:
And so, really, that's what Miranda in the Wild is about. It's like, I have this goal of being the outdoorsy best friend for people that I was so privileged to have working at an outdoor company, but just do it online for people that I've never met before.
Shelby Stanger:
So, what other activities have you tried besides hiking and camping and backpacking obviously, which is camping and hiking together?
Miranda Webster:
It's true.
Shelby Stanger:
We were making fun of hiking yesterday. We're like, it's just walking outside with a new name.
Miranda Webster:
It is, though. That is all it is. I actually got on this big conversation with somebody recently who was like, "Man, you..." I did a 30-mile hike for my 30th birthday a little while ago and was on a rail trail. So, it was really flat, And they were like, "That's not a hike. A hike has to be up and down." And I was like, "Dude, you walk in your neighborhood and there's trees around. You want to call it on a hike, call it a hike. Who cares? Whatever, it's a hike."
Miranda Webster:
Yeah, so I've done hiking, camping, backpacking, van travel if you want to call that an outdoor activity, bouldering, sport climbing. I've cleaned trad before, but I've never climbed trad before. Trad climbing is traditional climbing where you place gear into cracks and things. Bike packing, bike commuting. I've done... what's it called? Like road biking I guess be another thing. A lot of biking. Standup paddleboard, kayak camping, canoe camping. We're about to do overlanding.
Shelby Stanger:
What's that?
Miranda Webster:
Overlanding is driving a car off the road.
Shelby Stanger:
Okay. Yeah, that's a big thing.
Miranda Webster:
But legally off road.
Shelby Stanger:
Yeah.
Miranda Webster:
Yeah. Snowboarding, skiing, cross country skiing.
Shelby Stanger:
Surfing?
Miranda Webster:
I've never been surfing before. I have a pretty big fear of the ocean, actually.
Shelby Stanger:
We can work with that.
Miranda Webster:
That sounds great.
Shelby Stanger:
Miranda has tried more sports and activities than the average outdoors person. I guess that's what happens when you work in the outdoor industry for 12 years. Miranda started working at REI when she was in college. In the early days, she was a sales specialist, but her interest in skills evolved over time. Over the course of her career at REI, Miranda has been a visual merchandiser, a production coordinator, a content writer, and eventually she started dabbling in video.
Shelby Stanger:
So, you were actually doing video with REI before Miranda in the Wild. So, tell me a little bit about when and how this came to be?
Miranda Webster:
Yeah, so my background is actually in theater. So, I got a degree in theater, and then I moved to New York, and very quickly was like, I don't want to do this. I was like, I want to be outside. I discovered rock climbing. And I was just after being in New York, thinking I wanted to work in theater, thinking I wanted to be an actor, thinking I wanted to do stage management, just having all these kind of ideas, I found that I was spending a lot of time outside and not actually wanting to be inside at all.
Miranda Webster:
So, I was working with REI at that time as a visual presentation specialist at the SoHo store, which is essentially dressing mannequins and setting up the store, and I loved it. And so, I reached out to headquarters and I said, "Hey, I think I want REI to be my career. I think I want to work with this company for my lifetime."
Miranda Webster:
So, I moved out to Seattle, and they had a temporary gig that was coming up with store design and visual merchandising. Worked that job for a little bit. Wasn't really finding my home there. Wound up working as a production assistant for a little while. And it was really when I was working as a PA, I was pulled in to do what we used to call hosted video, which is just talking about a product.
Miranda Webster:
And they were like, "Hey, we need someone to talk about this climbing shoe. We hear you're a climber. Do you want to talk about a climbing shoe on camera?" And I did. And then I was invited to do these expert advice videos. And through all of that, it was very much... Expert Advice is a really helpful program, but it's very structured and it's a lot of delivering information in a really structured manner.
Miranda Webster:
And so, I had, I think, the memorization skillset from theater, just memorizing lines, so to speak, and reciting them. But then Miranda in the Wild is obviously not that at all. It is not scripted. It is not structured in a lot of ways. So, that came about because REI actually brought in a producer from LA named Rainer Golden, who came into REI essentially with the goal of creating a YouTube channel. Rainer comes from a BuzzFeed background. He's awesome.
Miranda Webster:
So, he came in and, well, this is what I've been told. So, he saw some cutting room floor footage of me being goofy or just talking off the cuff. And he said to the films team, he was like, "I think that it might be worthwhile exploring something more with this person, and just seeing if she has a voice and she has something that she wants to say."
Miranda Webster:
And so, he and I started working together. He pitched the idea to me, actually. And so, we started working together. And through that, we came up with our first pilot, our five pilot episodes, and that was how we started. So, when that went well, we just carried on with filming, and here we are two-and-a-half years later.
Shelby Stanger:
So, what did you not see? What was it that you wanted to see out there that wasn't being showed?
Miranda Webster:
So, for me, what I felt like I wasn't seeing was people talk about the everyperson outside. There's Bear Grylls who does these really extreme things. And then there's videos online of people trying camping for the first time where they make it seem like it's really... or has to be uncomfortable.
Miranda Webster:
There's ultra liters, there's through hikers, there's all of this content that really shows the extremes. But the vast majority of my friends who I would consider outdoorsy, the people that I interact with, are not on either of those ends of the spectrum. They're not going, oh gosh, camping, hiking is so hard, and they're also not these extremists.
Miranda Webster:
So, I was really disappointed in seeing that so many people, I think, viewed it as this inaccessible it must be survivalism in order to be a backpacker. And part of my experience, my intro into getting outside, was the fact that it did feel accessible. I did have people encouraging me to do short hikes. I did have friends and coworkers who would take me out with them. And so, I really wanted to show that in outdoor media.
Miranda Webster:
And so, the challenge became how do you showcase what an outdoor lifestyle can look like in a way that excites people, and makes it look fun, and isn't boring. Instead of just filming a home video of just beautiful footage of a hike, how do we showcase the fact that sometimes it sucks, and sometimes you're going to hate it? And I've been backpacking for 10 years, and sometimes I hate it. And that's okay. That's just part of it. So yeah.
Shelby Stanger:
You're speaking to my ears.
Miranda Webster:
Nice.
Shelby Stanger:
Your show seems so cool. It's very personal, and yet it's equally entertaining as it is educational. I learned so much in the five short YouTube videos I watched. You did budgeting, backpacking on a budget. You showed me how to wrap up survival kit in a pill box. I mean, just so many good tricks that I had never even learned about. It was really cool. The editing is also really good. How does that work? Do you do it? Does the guy from BuzzFeed do it, Rainer?
Miranda Webster:
No, actually. You're right, the editing is incredible. We have an amazing crew of editors and videographers that we work with. The two main videographers that we currently work with are two friends of mine, actually. Chelsea Newton, who she hiked the PCT, so she's got a lot of experience as backpacker. And then Abby Hagan, who is an incredible documentarian and hilarious. She's like has a whole documentary on puns, and she's a really experienced traveler.
Miranda Webster:
So, we work with the two of them as videographers for the most part. And then they will also edit videos. And then we also have a few other editors such as Katie who also works at REI, and then a couple of freelancers that we bring in. So yeah, we think of them as the script writers. They're really the ones who to tell the story.
Miranda Webster:
What's up, friends? My name is Miranda. This show is going to be a lot of me doing stuff outside. What are some things that we're going to do?
Speaker 3:
Running, maybe.
Miranda Webster:
Running? Come on with me while we go backpacking, while we do challenges and quests. This is really very vague. I hope you'll join me in giving suggestions on what I should do. This is my show, gosh darn.
Shelby Stanger:
In two-and-a-half years of filming, Miranda and the crew have made almost 70 episodes. They cover a ton of info. In some videos she's out backpacking, snow camping, or kayaking. In others, she delves into topics like taking care of Gore-Tex rain gear, showing viewers what's in her pack, or testing out different kinds of camping stoves. Miranda loves sharing her latest tips and tricks. But for her, getting outside is more than just a great hack or a new trail. Spending time in nature has had a huge impact on Miranda's mental health.
Shelby Stanger:
You did tell me that you've experienced anxiety and depression, and I'm guessing the outdoors has been helpful for you in dealing with that.
Miranda Webster:
Yeah, so I deal with generalized anxiety and depression disorder, which I'm really grateful for the fact that now it's a lot easier to talk about that stuff. I think more people talk about mental health.
Miranda Webster:
Another thing that I don't talk about very often is that I also deal with chronic pain. So, I have chronic migraines, and that's something that started when I was in high school. I was just on 17 different medications at one point in time. Yeah, taking nine different supplements and different pain medications, and then medications to deal with the side effects of the pain medications and all sorts of treatments.
Miranda Webster:
And so, the depression and anxiety has largely come from just dealing with chronic pain. And for me, the outdoors, it's been both an amazing tool for coping with that, and it's also been something that has challenged my mental health and my physical health. I've had a lot of situations that have been very anxiety inducing in the outdoors or pain inducing in the outdoors.
Miranda Webster:
And I think rather than viewing those as reason to not go back out again, for me, it has been a means of learning how to cope and deal and manage my mental health. Because there's nothing quite like experiencing something really scary or anxiety inducing or depressing and getting through it. And so much of my experience outside has taught me how to do that.
Miranda Webster:
I've had moments of being halfway up a climb and just losing it, completely terrified. Forgetting how to do everything. And just at that moment be like, I have to calm myself down, because if I don't, I will die up here. I have to get through this.
Miranda Webster:
And one thing I think about a lot with this is several years ago, I was backpacking in Alaska, and I had a whole incident with a friend of mine where a bear actually mauled our tent. And I talk about this story a lot because it's funny now. It was this situation where we weren't in our tent. There was nothing in our tent except for our sleeping bags and sleeping pads.
Miranda Webster:
A bear came through, clawed opened the side of the tent, broke the tent poles, completely destroyed the tent. And we had to hike back out. It was really late at night. We slept at a trailhead with a just camp that was out there with a bunch of teenagers. Had to hike back in, get our stuff, go back out. We completely changed our plans.
Miranda Webster:
Wound up being one of the most amazing trips that I'd had because we totally ditched this long backpacking trip we were going to do, and we instead went to this glacier. And I slept on the ground because my sleeping pad had been destroyed. So, I was using one of those like Crazy Creek bleacher chairs as a sleeping pad for five, six days.
Miranda Webster:
And that was such a scary thing to have happened, but also the feeling of getting through it and getting to the other side and surviving, I guess, so to speak. Yeah, just that feeling was really incredible. And so, I think that's one thing the outdoors has really helped me do is just learn how to manage fear and manage the anxiety that I deal with.
Shelby Stanger:
Yeah. I feel like adventure does two things. One, the nature part helps you just slow down. And it's so viscerally sensory, it requires everything of you, and so you have to feel. But the second thing is, is it shows you how much more capable you are than you think you are, and you can see it. If you through hike, and you go from point A to B, then you look back and see how far you come, or if you're climbing up a mountain, you see it. That's really powerful. Well, thanks for being so vulnerable and sharing that. How do you deal with fear when trying these activities, some which are brand new?
Miranda Webster:
Oh gosh, this is a vague answer. I suffer out loud. I am very vocal about being afraid. I'm very vocal about having a hard time. That's part of what makes good content, honestly. That's the big thing for me is I'll just be like, "I'm scared. I hate this. This sucks." And then if I can say it out loud and I can put those feelings in the universe, then I can deal with them a little bit better.
Miranda Webster:
There are, of course, times where that doesn't work where I talked about being so afraid that I'm crying or that I like can't... I'll have a panic attack. I can't pull myself together. And I think the biggest thing for me with dealing with that has been that if I'm with other people, asking for help and asking for understanding, asking for what I need. If I'm alone, it's actually a little easier for me to deal with fear when I'm alone because mentally I have to. It's like I only have myself to rely on.
Miranda Webster:
So, taking solo trips and being by myself has been... especially for such a crazy extrovert like I am. I am very extroverted. And to do trips alone and to be by myself has really taught me to cope and manage fear when I only have myself to rely on.
Shelby Stanger:
When we come back, Miranda talks about some of her most hilarious and unexpected filming experiences, what it's like when fans share feedback about the show, and her advice to live more wildly.
Shelby Stanger:
As the host of the YouTube series Miranda in the Wild, Miranda Webster makes getting outside pretty entertaining. The show nails a perfect balance between being informative and fun. Depending on the video, you might get tips on bike commuting, or you might see Miranda try to fit her whole body inside a duffle bag. For all the funny stuff we see on the screen, there are even more hilarious misadventures that don't make the cut.
Shelby Stanger:
Is there any stories you can tell us about some of the filming, bloopers, funny moments, most incredible moments, worst moments? I would love to hear just a story that's super memorable or one that you tell your friends at the bar.
Miranda Webster:
Oh my gosh, there's so many. Okay, so one of my favorite early, early moments of filming Miranda in the Wild, one of the very first episodes that I pitched that I was really passionate about doing was talking about menstruation outdoors and how to deal with... for anybody who has a period, how to deal with that when you're backpacking. There was no content out there. Or if there was content out there, it was like, "Okay, so when you're having that time of month, remember to carry your products."
Miranda Webster:
I was like, let's just talk about this. It's just a body thing that happens. And I really wanted to do that video. And so, I pitched it to Rainer. And the people who were working on the series at that point in time, the two videographers were both men, and Rainer as well. And so, these are three people who don't have any experience with menstruating.
Miranda Webster:
And so, to film that video, we brought in my boss, Alyssa, so that she could sit in and talk about it. And there was a moment in time where I was just rambling on and on talking about periods and about people who get periods, what they should carry and how they should pack for backpacking, what you should think about.
Miranda Webster:
And you could tell that I was just... I'd gotten way off topic. I'd just gotten way beyond what I should be talking about. I was just rambling. But the poor three dudes sitting in the room just didn't know how to tell me to stop. They didn't know what to say. And yeah, so at the end of that video, they'd be like, "Hey, maybe, so you could maybe talk about... like maybe we say it this way. Maybe we say it that way."
Miranda Webster:
And at the very end of that video is one of my favorite bloopers of all time. It's the two videographers and the producer joking offscreen about mansplaining periods to me. And it just, for me, was this great moment where you realize that we're talking about stuff that is uncomfortable for people, and that's going to be just a part of it. And being able to get comfortable and joke about that and laugh and call each other out when we make mistakes, that's just been such a crucial part of filming.
Shelby Stanger:
What's another story that was just wild or fun where you had awe?
Miranda Webster:
Yeah. Like I said, by the time this podcast comes out, the second episode will have come out. But I've done two videos now with my college roommate and one of my closest friends, Pam. Pam went backpack with me for the very first time last year in 2021. And she had never gone backpacking before. She and I had hiked in college a little bit together, but not a ton. And she was really interested in trying it out.
Miranda Webster:
So, I took her on her first backpacking trip out in Washington. And being able to see her enthusiasm and her excitement at the stuff around us, at the scenery, but also her pride in herself for doing what she did was just incredible. It was really cool to see this activity that I love so much that I get to do for work through her eyes.
Miranda Webster:
But this past month, gosh, I think that's right, we took her on another backpacking trip. People loved Pam, and so we brought her back. And she picked the trail and was out on Assateague Island in Maryland where there's wild ponies. The weather was supposed to be gorgeous. And the day before we went, we had originally looked at a variety of different trails. And then it looked like a storm was coming through, so we had to change some things up. So, we chose this beach hike where it looked like weather was going to be better than anywhere else in Virginia.
Miranda Webster:
And our first day, weather was gorgeous. It was sunny, it was warm. And that night it started raining. And poor Pam, this is her second ever backpacking trip. We also had this whole situation with a raccoon that was trying to attack our food and claw opened my producer's tent. And she was like, "Do we have to leave?" And I was like, "Nah, it's just a raccoon. It's fine." But we're hiking out on... or we packed up all our stuff in the rain. It was this drizzle happening. We were hoping we were going to avoid the rain.
Miranda Webster:
And we got onto the beach, and it was full on torrential downpour, blowing you sideways. Like could not film, could not enjoy the hike at all. And poor Pam, her second ever trip. The sand was so wet that it was no longer hard packed. It had just become like mush. You're walking in Jello, basically, for five miles, pouring rain. Our rain jackets are wrapped around us. Our pants were sticking to us. Our legs were chafing. It was awful. It was truly the worst weather I have ever backpacked in.
Miranda Webster:
And so, while we're filming this video, I'm just thinking to myself, man, poor Pam. This is her second ever trip that she's gone on. And the big reveal in this video was that I had bought her a whole backpacking kit so she could go on her own. So, we're getting back to the trailhead and I'm like, "Congratulations, you can now go back backing again." And she's like, "I hate this. This was terrible."
Miranda Webster:
So, that was, I think, a fun moment to realize... for her to be like, yeah, sometimes this does suck. Sometimes I'm not going to love it. But yeah, definitely hiking in the torrential downpour off the coast of Maryland was both a high point and a low point for us.
Shelby Stanger:
I have to admit I'm pretty jealous of Miranda's job. Don't get me wrong, I love making this podcast, but I do have to sit at my computer to make it happen. Miranda gets to do her job outside, even if it's in a torrential downpour. But most of the time, her job is really fun. She gets to do what she loves, spending time in nature and sharing her best tips with thousands of aspiring adventurers.
Shelby Stanger:
Has there ever been a time where you've just been in the most stunning location and you're like, oh my gosh, I cannot believe I'm doing this for a living?
Miranda Webster:
Yes. Yeah, totally. So, one trip that I think about a lot when I think about how grateful I am for this job, I think about backpacking the coast of this Tohickon lake. It's called the Chelan Lakeshore Trail. And that hike is absolutely stunning. I mean, you're hiking along a lake the entire time. It's a lot of elevation up and down, but through various scenery. And the campsite are gorgeous. And it can only be accessed by boat. So, you can only get to the trailhead by boat, and then you can hike into the town of Tohickon. So, it's this incredible trail where you basically you're hiking to a town.
Miranda Webster:
And there's a few photos of this, but that along that trail, we came to these incredible overlooks that were just perfectly clearer skies, gorgeous views of the mountains, gorgeous views of the lake, where you're just looking out at these crystal blue waters and then these snow capped mountains in the distance, and all of this greenery and these flowers.
Miranda Webster:
And that trip, for me, was really special also because I took my dog, Nala, with me, and that was really the last big backpacking trip that I was able to take her on before she passed away. So, that trip to me is really special because I have all these memories of being there with her.
Shelby Stanger:
Have you gotten feedback from viewers that your show has impacted them?
Miranda Webster:
Yeah, I get messages pretty frequently from people saying that they either are taking their first backpacking trip because of the series or they just got back from a backpacking trip. I've gotten letters from people. I've gotten photos and videos from people.
Miranda Webster:
I think one of the most... I think one of the first experiences that I had where I really realized that this was impacting people, I had a woman come up to me in the climbing gym one time. And she came up and was like, "I just have to tell you, I love your videos. They've gotten me into backpacking." And she started crying. And she just had this like response of saying that she was so excited and so proud of herself for getting into backpacking, that she'd bought all the same gear that we used.
Miranda Webster:
And just hearing her get excited and talk about her experiences for me, really, it resonated so much with me, and it's so much what I want to do is just... I love people coming up to me and saying, "Oh my gosh, I have to tell you about this trip that I did because of the series that you made." Yeah, for me, that was a pretty special moment to have this person feel so comfortable that they could come up and be emotional and vulnerable with me and also talk about their experiences outside.
Miranda Webster:
So yeah, we'll have people... I ran into a person the other day who was like, "Hey, thanks for getting my son into backpacking. I've tried to get him into backpacking and I couldn't. And finally, he watched your videos and now he wants to go, so thanks."
Shelby Stanger:
You're a public figure in some way. Is that hard? Because I can hide a little bit behind a microphone. So, how do you deal with being public facing?
Miranda Webster:
I don't know. I've thought about this a lot. This is going to sound vain, but whatever gene most people are born with where they are concerned about what they look like, I don't think that I got the self-conscious gene. I worry a lot about upsetting people or hurting people. And I'm really self-conscious about my words. And that's definitely something that I got from my family.
Miranda Webster:
But as far as like being a public figure, in terms of being a representative in the outdoors, that's a little scarier for me because I worry about making mistakes, and I worry about giving people bad advice. And I don't ever want to say something or do something that might either put someone in harm's way or might make somebody feel not welcome in these spaces.
Miranda Webster:
I do really want to have those in-person interactions with people be really positive. I think that's been the hardest thing about being a public figure, so to speak, is when I do run into people, really wanting to give them all of the space and energy and room to share with me what they want to share, because they deserve that.
Shelby Stanger:
Do you have any advice for someone who wants to live wildly, whether that's going on their first hike or maybe trying a new sport?
Miranda Webster:
I think set attainable goals for yourself. Set lofty goals, too, but give yourself attainable steps. Take that first hike. Take that first walk. I think just setting lofty goals, but taking attainable steps. I mean, of course, people can do this if they want, but there's no need to be the person whose first backpacking trip is the Appalachian Trail. You can do a two-mile hike and you're going to have an incredible experience.
Miranda Webster:
No one is born an experienced backpacker. There's no skill to be a good hiker or backpacker. We all start at ground zero. We all start not knowing how to do it. And so, yeah, take some steps, give yourself some grace, and find manageable goals. Dream big, start small.
Shelby Stanger:
With Miranda as our tour guide, we can learn everything we need to pursue our wild ideas out in nature. I love Miranda in the Wild because it's a great resource for anyone looking to start a new outdoor adventure. Whether you're taking your first hike, or worried about getting your period on the trail, Miranda has you covered.
Shelby Stanger:
Miranda, thank you so much for coming on Wild Ideas. Your energy is contagious, and I'm definitely going to check out more of your videos before I hit the trails this summer. If you want to learn more about Miranda in the Wild, check out her YouTube channel at youtube.com/mirandainthewild. You can also follow Miranda on Instagram @mirandagoesoutside.
Shelby Stanger:
Wild Ideas Worth Living is part of the REI Podcast Network. It's hosted by me, Shelby Stanger, written and edited by Annie Fassler and Sylvia Thomas of Puddle Creative, and our senior producer is Chelsea Davis. Our executive producers are Paolo Mottola and Joe Crosby. As always, we appreciate when you follow this show, rate it, and when you take the time to write a review wherever you listen. And remember, some of the best adventures happen when you follow your wildest ideas.