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Ryan Fliss

Ryan leads Growth at The Dyrt. With over 10 years writing and digital community building experience, and even more experience in the outdoors, he is excited about The Dyrt's early trajectory. Ryan, like most people, is an onion (figuratively speaking), and finds byline bios reductive, though useful. He is writing this himself in the third person, and—to him—it feels strange.

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Lifestyle

70+ of the Best Outdoor Instagram Accounts You Can Follow

by Ryan Fliss on June 9, 2018 4:45 pm on June 9, 2018

Outdoor Instagram sometimes feels like an echo chamber. #adventure #explore #mountains et al. There’s a word for the numbing side of Instagram: #simulacrum. A simulacrum…

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Win a Trip to Tahoe and $1000s in Camping Gear!

by Ryan Fliss on June 7, 2018 3:51 pm on June 7, 2018

UPDATED: Oct 12th. Deals and giveaways for outdoors lovers, plus how to get one of 110 REI gift cards we’re giving away.  This page is…

1 min read
Lifestyle

You Can Now Get The Best New Camping App of the Summer

by Ryan Fliss on June 5, 2018 8:22 pm on June 5, 2018

NEW CAMPING APPS YOU CAN USE The Dyrt’s new iOS and Android apps give you the most campground photos & reviews at your fingertips. Regarded…

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Gear

11 Campers Just Won Free Gear & You Could be Next

by Ryan Fliss on June 1, 2018 5:30 pm on June 1, 2018

20 brands are giving free gear to campers every month on The Dyrt. Our May contests just ended (winners below), and our June contests just…

4 min read
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Camping 101

by Ryan Fliss on May 23, 2018 9:56 am on May 23, 2018
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Camping With Dogs

by Ryan Fliss on April 10, 2018 10:43 am on April 10, 2018
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Gear

Camping slippers exist, and you should think about getting a pair

by Ryan Fliss on March 29, 2018 3:35 pm on March 29, 2018

While Teva‘s Ember Moc is technically a moccasin, we think it’s the greatest camping slipper ever invented. Camping has two sides: on one hand is the…

2 min read
Lifestyle

Women in the Outdoors

by Ryan Fliss on March 8, 2018 10:47 am on March 8, 2018
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Gear

How is the OtterBox's New Cooler Different from a YETI Cooler?

by Ryan Fliss on September 15, 2017 4:28 pm on September 15, 2017

Bear-tested, camper-approved, OtterBox‘s new coolers take the company beyond phone cases. How is the OtterBox Cooler Different from YETI? Both the OtterBox Venture 45 Cooler and…

1 min read
Lifestyle

You Can Help Rebuild Trails Destroyed By Wildfires This Summer. Here's how:

by Ryan Fliss on September 7, 2017 1:25 pm on September 7, 2017

It has been a long, hot, difficult summer. From floods to fires, entire communities, livelihoods, and ecosystems have been destroyed. Every day, our thoughts are…

2 min read

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