At Sharp End, I wasn’t just designing books — I was shaping how stories of adventure lived on the page. Every project was a collaboration built on trust, community, and the responsibility of capturing climbing culture with both accuracy and artistry.

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I partnered with authors from first draft to final press check, built design systems that carried through new editions, and even stepped into the field myself — testing routes, verifying maps, and sometimes ending up in the photos. The work was as much about sweat and stone as it was about typography and grids.

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From guidebooks that became local legends to the globally recognized Women of Climbing Calendar, each project carried its own story, and my job was to ensure it was told with clarity and beauty. Book design, layout, creative direction, editing, pre-press production, printer coordination, calendar curation, field research — the roles were many, but the reward was singular: work that mattered, deeply, to the community it served.

 

It remains one of the most meaningful chapters of my career.