Before there was Global Warming and Climate Change ... The enclosed photo is from the warmest mid-January day on record, at the top of new Hampshire's Mount Washington! I had met Mark and Danny the summer before in Chamonix, and was spending the winter as the Caretaker of the Harvard Cabin in Huntington Ravine. Here I am with two college buddies - Dickie and Lenny - standing atop the 6,288' peak.
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Hock on the 5.7 "Razor" Pitch
Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')
A bunch of old guys still enjoying the mountains, and the training they need to do to get off the couch
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- The Black Dike
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- The Evolving Game Plan for Chamonix
- A Much Younger ... El Presidente!
- Sel the farmer
- Another 30 Year Old Picture
- Greg: Friend of the Fossils
- Chouinard's AAJ text
- 1966 ... Chouinard and Kor on Les Courtes
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Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
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Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')