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FAQ - About Mahting

Below you'll find 12 questions I asked myself in order to share my story with you.

When did you pick up a camera?

I won a neon pink Fuji camera as 9 year old boy scout. That inspired a creative streak that led me to pursue photography as a career in 2010.

What's with the name?

Mahting is the phonetic spelling of my Latvian name in the correct conjugation. Yup, I'm just trying to make it easy for you. Say it just the way it’s spelled. MAH-TING with equal emphasis.

How did you find Home?

While I was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, I became a Michigander at the age of three. However I quickly found my calling in the mountain west traveling to Colorado for our family's first ski trip at age 11. I dreamed of the mountains through high school and landed in Arizona for college. ProAm road cycling landed in me in Colorado in 2009 and I have been here ever since.

How far have you run?

My wife introduced me to running in 2013. I had scaled tall mountains, raced bikes with the best in the United States, but I had yet to endure true ultra distances. From my first time running trails I knew there was a lifetime of adventure ahead of me. In 2021 I stepped up to the 100 miles distance and completed the Lighthouse 100 in Michigan, completing the distance in just over 21 hours.

Do you teach?

I completed a Bachelors in Adventure Education at Prescott College. Facilitating life changing experiences in wilderness settings has been at the root of most of my work over the last 20 years. These days I still make time to teach new skiers how to enjoy the winter months sliding around on snow at Monarch mountain in Salida, Colorado.

Favorite Song?

Growing up listening to a lot of ancient Latvian call and response music, I fell in love with women's vocals sung in harmony. So these days anything in that genre will make me sing along.

What's up with Community?

Community is at the heart of a life well lived. I am a huge proponent of people creating space to welcome community into their lives.

Why is nature important?

Along with understanding the rhythm of your human community I think it is as important to understand the rhythms of the natural world. Time spent outdoors is what brings clarity and peace to me. Protecting wild spaces and animals to thrive on our public lands is crucial to our longevity.

What is real food?

When we bring together our community and engage with the natural world we can start to understand where our food comes from. Having a relationship with what comes out of the dirt and understanding how it sustains us is also incredibly important to our longevity and health. Gardens for the win!

Who doesn't want to ski?

I love to ski. Champagne powder snow is 90% air and 10% water. When you are able to proficiently glide through it, you will come close to understanding what it's like to fly.

You were a guide and CEO?

A long time ago I was both an expedition guide and a rock climbing guide. Those were my primary jobs straight out of college. The past ten years I spent founding, building, and ultimately selling a well respected clothing brand. All of the creative brand building I did ultimalty drew me back to working as a photographer full time.

What's my favorite kind of travel?

My wife and I hold a saying close to our hearts while traveling "The good kind of lost". We are always the first out the door with our running shoes on going to get lost wherever we travel. World travel has been enlightening.