During a pre-dawn 40 minute workout the skiing was gritty, marginal, and scratchy but better than jogging or the rowing machine!
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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')
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- Skiing In Baffin Island
- Paintball Biathlon Race
- Skiing on the lake
- Pitchoff Left
- Does your local hill have a uphill ski policy?
- Skiing the Dolomites
- Crested Butte Ski Mo
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- Which avalanche airbag pack should you buy?
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- Get ready for the Tour du Ski
- History of Ice Climbing
- Scratchy snow and bitter cold in the Tetons
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- Ski Workout With Lucy
- Skiing the Whiteface Toll Road
- Stellar Plate Snow Crystals
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- 'twas the night before Christmas and all through t...
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- Bill McKibben, Nordic Skiing, And Climate Change
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- Adirondack Ice Is Firming Up
- AT Demo at Whiteface
- Winter Is Back
- Finally, it is starting to feel like an old-fashio...
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- First Ice Of The Season
- The Harvard Cabin
- Big Ski Descent In Argentina
- Light and fast ski mountaineering: part 2
- Adirondack Avalanches
- SOLITAIRE ... a brilliant film
- The Ice Is Climbable
- First Ski Mo Race Of The Season
- Back on skis
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- Stone Nudes
- Barry Blanchard's Alpine Archives
- El Presidente Is Not Getting Any Younger
- Midnight Lightning
- The Vallee Blanche of the Dolomites
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- The Skier's Mantra
- USA wins silver medal in Dusseldorf team sprint
- Nice early season telemark form
- Video: Kikkan Wins the Dusseldorf Sprint
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- Old skiing posters from the early days of the sport
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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')