Emily Pennington is a columnist and longtime contributor to Outside Magazine. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet, Adventure Journal, REI, and Backpacker, among others. She has visited every national park in the U.S., and her book Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks, came out in February 2023.