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The ‘Flight’ of a Lifetime By Mike Kennedy ’99
F
OR ADAM Moszynski ’00,
as he honed his character and lead-
style events and traveled around the
it’s all about the chase.
ership skills.
region to film my skiing endeavors —
Since leaving Gettysburg
“I knew from then on that I
College in the fall of 2002,
wanted to immerse myself in a more
all the while falling in love with the mountain lifestyle.”
after two years without declaring a
outdoor-focused environment,”
The Darien, Conn., native
major, the Brunswick graduate has
he recalled. “I couldn’t deny how
waited tables and bartended to
energized it made me feel and the
fuel (and monetarily support) his
challenges it presented.”
outdoor obsessions — ultimately
put the pedal to the metal. He’d lost his way in central Pennsylvania — he was stopped
Instead, he hung up his soccer cleats,
He headed west and enrolled as a
dead in his tracks, in fact — as
packed his bags, and began going
junior at the University of Colorado
Sommelier (Level 2) in the Court of
he questioned his academic and
after his dreams at high speeds and
at Boulder, graduating with a degree
Master Sommeliers, and working in
athletic future and wondered where
even higher altitudes.
in international affairs and a minor
several top-tier restaurants in Aspen.
his life was taking him. As hard as
Moszynski first landed in the
he searched, he couldn’t find any
NOLS programs in Baja, Mexico,
real answers.
and northern India, quickly realizing
But Moszynski didn’t hunker down and feel sorry for himself.
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in French before moving to Aspen to begin his professional career.
studying wine, becoming a Certified
But after meeting his future wife, Darcy, Moszynski fell back under the
“I skied and skied — and kept
spell of the mountains — skiing from
that he felt at home among the
skiing,” Moszynski said. “I chased
the summits of Denali (20,320 feet)
beauty of his natural surroundings
sponsorships by competing in free-
in Alaska and Cotopaxi (19,340 feet)
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in Ecuador, as well as climbing peaks in Argentina and Peru. The two set their sights on summiting the Centennials of Colorado — the state’s 100 highest peaks from 13,809 to 14,433 feet — and have checked 93 off their “peakbagging” list to date. And, after marrying, in 2012, the newlywed Moszynskis traveled to Tanzania for their honeymoon — their eyes opened to a potential new business venture while ascending Mt. Kilimanjaro via the the Western Lemosho route. “It was a life-changing trip,” Moszynski said.
ABOVE
The Moszynski team returned
Adam Moszynski skis the slopes of Aspen.
home and soon founded — and
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now own and operate — Corbeaux
Moszynski sits atop the summit of Urus Este (17,782 feet) in the Ishinca Valley, Cordillera Blanca, Peru.
Clothing, a sports apparel company designing stylish and rugged base layers for an active lifestyle of
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mountaineering, skiing, biking, and
Moszynski took part in an athlete photo shoot for Flylow Gear and Kastle skis.
any other athletic venture. “Corbeaux was born out of neces-
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sity,” Moszynski said. “As sponsored
Through “Join the Flight,” Moszynski helped outfit Joaquin Rosales, a mountaineering legend in Huaraz, Peru, who has more than 200 ascents of Huascaran, the highest peak in the Cordillera Blanca.
skiers and mountaineers, we have traveled the world — climbing peaks, skiing, hiking, and testing wellknown brands — but we never found any next-to-skin apparel that met our functional demands. “We’ve committed to nailing the fit, feel, and performance of the product to keep people dry in the outdoors. Your next-to-skin layer is
The company has outfitted
to do what we originally moved
“And I learned to be truthful
the most important for tempera-
roughly 100 guides, porters, and
to Colorado to do: Be active, stay
in my business actions as well as
ture regulation.”
camp cooks in Peru and Ecuador
healthy, and spend time in the
my athletic endeavors from my
outdoors with great people.”
experiences and my mentors at
All products are manufactured
through local unions — with plans to
in the USA, using environmentally
expand into Bolivia, Tanzania, Kenya,
friendly fabrics.
and Nepal.
In addition, Corbeaux prides itself on a strong global philanthropic ethos — Join the Flight — an effort
For Moszynski, it’s the life he’s always wanted. “We love being involved in the
And, too, it’s a life he can trace back to his roots as a student at Brunswick. “Brunswick gave me courage to
Brunswick.” Family man (now the father of one-year-old daughter, Harlan),
become a mountaineer and to start
athlete, entrepreneur, Sommelier,
my own business,” he said. “The
and world traveler, Moszynski has
to donate new and gently-used
outdoor-sports industry, as it’s a
School taught me to live by an honor
come a long way since starting the
gear to communities of guides and
very inspiring and healthy commu-
system, a prerequisite of mountain-
chase nearly 15 years ago.
porters in underdeveloped mountain
nity of like-minded people,” he
eering, as only you and your partners
cultures around the world.
said. “It has allowed us to continue
know what you’ve truly accomplished.
“I’m living the dream — in more ways than one.”
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