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Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')
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- Another Union College Fossil Adventure
- Back in the 'dacks!
- Chamonix: 6:00 PM on March 11
- Skiing the Vallee Blanche
- Warmup Climb In Chamonix?
- Outward Bound Motto
- Nordic World Championships
- Going To The Alps
- Ice Climbing Tips
- Avalanche Airbags Explained and Reviewed
- The Matterhorn from Riffleberg
- FOSSIL UPDATES AND CONFIRMED SIGHTINGS
- NCS skimeister
- Customizing Your Ice Tools
- Chiller Pillar
- Quote of the Week ... About Dougal Haston
- OMG ... google street view in the mountains!
- Thinking of Spring and Warm Rock
- Yoga for Alpinists
- After The Haute Route
- Not Progressing As A Climber?
- Recent Chamonix Snow Report
- Cutting Edge Mixed Scottish Climbing
- A Critically Important Ski Mountaineering Skill
- Calling All Fossils
- Kikkan Randall on a roll
- More Haute Route Training
- A Fossil Gathering
- Fair hope Farm Blog
- VIDEO: climbing the croz spur
- ADIRONDACK ICE
- Trap Dike Gets Skied
- Extreme Skiing NCS Style
- JI Nordic Racers at the Scando Cup
- Latest Chamonix Snow Report
- The 1972 Chouinard Catalog
- Petzl Counterfeits
- Five Ways To Improve Your Yoga
- Alpine Touring
- Extreme Skiing in Chamonix
- North face of the Matterhorn
- Light Is Right
- No Snow in Chamonix?
- 100th Dartmouth Winter Carnival
- Steve House Interviews Colin Haley
- Looking Pretty Good for 84K
- 5 Great Books of Mountain Exploration
- No title
- Shredding it
- More Canadian Ski Marathon
- Canadian Ski Marathon
- Video: skiing Kashmir
- Chamonix and the Alps
- QUOTE OF THE WEEK
- Adirondack Avalanche Conditions
- Canadian Ski Marathon
- The Ueli Steck Training Regimen
- Reusch Block Test
- Extreme Skiing NCS Style
- The Munter Hitch
- Shangri-La Ski Expedition (part 2)
- Nanda Devi, Spies, Plutonium, and the Cold War
- Shangri-La Ski Expedition
- Haute Route Training
- Terrific New Blog ... The Mountain Library
- 70 K Marcialonga
- More about the Vasaloppet
- Lake Placid Loppet
- Ski History of the Cascades
- Five Weeks Until Chamonix
- Ski Prep for the Loppet
- Norwegian Birkebeiner
- Another bit of History: Joe Tasker
- Vasaloppet
- A Bit of History: Dougal Haston
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Important Climbing And Skiing Website Links
Aiguille de Gliere
Hock on the 5.7 "Razor" Pitch
Hock's best. What were your Five biggest and best routes?
- South Ridge of the Gliere
- North Ridge of the Grand Teton
- North Buttress of Middle Cathedral
- Sentinel Rouge on Mount Blanc
- Black Dike on Cannon
Hock's handful of could have, would have, wished I had, and still hope to do routes!
- West Face Tocllaraju
- North Face of the Matterhorn
- Black Ice Colouir on the Grand Teton
- Cassin Ridge on Denali
Fossil Clubhouse
Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
Cordillera Blanca
Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')