Mojave Creative Lab

Fantastic piece released today from the New York Times, inspired by Damien Gildea's story in the 2020 American Alpine Journal—a book Mojave has had the pleasure of art directing for the past 5 years. Absolutely worth a read:

"By asking a simple-sounding question — What is the summit? — the researchers are raising doubts about past accomplishments and raising standards for future ones. Maybe they are making us all reconsider just what it means to reach the top."

Claiming the Summit Without Reaching the Top Only 44 people are said to have reached the summit of all 14 of the world’s highest mountains. Now, researchers are questioning whether any of them have really done it.

Hard to believe it's been 5 years since the American Alpine Club went to press with the poster commemorating Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's completion of the Dawn Wall. The design was really the work of Clay Wadman's topo and Big Up Productions' photography—but it was an incredible honor to have a hand in putting the pieces together. Tommy and Kevin signed it and it's been on the office wall since.

BREAKING: The House just passed the ! Thank you for championing legislation that honors our veterans, protects 400,000 acres of treasured public lands, and boosts Colorado’s outdoor recreation economy.

“Our public lands and the freedoms they represent define our nation, and I fought to defend that. Today I continue that fight by working to preserve Camp Hale and I hope will join me and my fellow veterans.” Read why veterans, local business owners, elected officials, recreation and conservation groups, and more are cheering on the House passage of the . coreact.org/take-action