Photography by Christian Cruz

“It’s grown into something so much bigger—a space where people find community, where total strangers become friends, where we remember what it feels like to be a kid again…” by Randy McKinney

“Similar to Plomo, as we went up, the green disappeared and the world transformed. This already felt far more remote. Freezing cold river crossings became a common theme for this first day. Arriving at base camp which was reasonably named “Baghdad” due to the consistent rockfall from Marmolejos collapsing Wester Shoulder…” by Ethan Glanger, Ronnie Forslund, Santiago Cifuentes

“Riding a bike more often really helps put into perspective the environment and infrastructure that cars create. Wide roads, noise, fumes… U.S. roads cover land equivalent to the size of Wisconsin. And we’ve all heard plenty about the cancerous tributes of the gas and oil industry…” by Jared Nelson

“by the time it got dark outside we’d usually just stop what we were doing, relax, and listen to the radio. My siblings and I would always look forward to listening to music when it got dark on those 2-3 hour drives. We would normally listen to whatever station our dad (Papa) picked…” by Matthew Paez