David Gottlieb during the first ascent of Jobo Rinjang. Photo by Joe Puryear.

Two trip reports from successful expeditions by AAC grant recipients have been posted at www.AmericanAlpineClub.org.

Joe Puryear, winner of a 2009 Lyman Spitzer Cutting-Edge Award, has posted a profusely illustrated account of his first ascent of 6,778-meter Jobo Rinjang in Nepal with David Gottlieb in April. And Mountain Fellowship winner Sevve Stember has reported on his super-successful trip to Chile, during which he and his young American teammates opened the first routes on the granite domes of Valle de Paloma.

Check ’em out. Get inspired.