Hey Brian,
Good questions -
Do you definitely want mountains in the logo?
No I do not need mountains. I am leaning toward "giving your business the edge to reach new heights" as a tagline. I
Does it have to be a emblem/ badge type like
#50 ? or something else like
#46 ... or like
#98 ?
I am liking the ones which are less badge-like...so
#46 was good for the text but i was not crazy about the icons about on *46, 48 or 49.
Do you for sure want a climber or are more interested in an abstract type mark?
Climber seems to work in the one I ranked #1 but not too many others. If it could capture the idea of reaching fo the top!...not required and the graphics on 50 seemed to give the "edge" feeling
This is harder than I thought....hope this helps