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I’m Kelsey Barnes, the membership retention manager at Outside. My job is to keep our Outside+ members informed about and engaged with our core benefits: Read, Map, Watch, and Learn. Personally, I’ve never been able to just do one hobby or sport. Like many Outside readers and Outside+ members, I love learning new things and generally spending time outdoors—no matter how I’m doing it. My interests range from running in our beautiful trail systems where I live in the Pacific Northwest mainly short distance but long enough that it regularly improves my mental health and reduces stress. I also enjoy rock climbing, backcountry snowboarding and bike packing. How often I do any one of them ebbs and flows year over year.
When I joined the team in 2021, we set our sights on building a product that served those with the passion that all of us here at Outside have for…
