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Going Ice Climbing This Afternoon When It Warms Up

Kikkan Randall ... first classic podium

Kusamo Classic Sprint from CrossCountrySki.us on Vimeo.

Check out the video "Opening Day At MVH"

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Mount Logan Circumnavigation ... awesome footage

Around Logan from Glen Crawford on Vimeo.

Thanksgiving alpenglow

After all the NCS parents left I went for a nice 75 minute ski.

Nordic Ski At Dusk

We are due for a major storm over the next 36 hours, but right now all we had was a small covering on our lake. Still, it was great to get out there and ski hard for 45 minutes.

Excerpt from WOMEN WHO DARE: north america's most inspiring women climbers

CLICK HERE TO READ AN EXCERPT FROM THIS NEW BOOK.

Perfect Holiday Gift For A Mountaineer

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE ALPINE EXPOSURES WEBSITE.

For the FOSSIL ALPINIST who has everything, get him a framed photograph, like this one taken from the 17,000' camp on Denali.

Ice Climbing At Sochi

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Lucy's home for thanksgiving ... first ski of her season

Alpinists, hikers, backcountry skiers, trail runners ... it's up to us to support wilderness

Running Wild from Sitka Conservation Society on Vimeo.

Running Up Ben Nevis

Natural Obsession on Nowness.com

Toll Road Again ... brrr!

Looking like winter in the north country

Pitchoff Right Looks Climbable

Driving back from a quick trip to Manhattan and it looks like its time
to get the ice tools out!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK ... william james

As William James says, “Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction.” 

Using Drones To Map The Matterhorn

Fascinating! Climbers carry small drones to circle around the a Matterhorn and build an amazing 3-D drawing. Pretty amazing.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO AND THEN GO TO THE WEBSITE TO SEE THE MODEL.

Chandra Crawford and Ted Talks

The picture is from several years ago when Lucy did a FAST AND FEMALE session at the Craftsbury Nordic  Center, after the women's 30k national championship. CLICK HERE TO WATCH CHANDRA TALKING ABOUT SETTING BIG GOALS.

Awesome video ... The Ordinary Skier

The Ordinary Skier Trailer 01 from OAKLEY on Vimeo.

This hour long video about Seth Morrison makes you lust after Chamonix. It is also a reminder that as Jon Krakauer said in his essay in the book EIGER DREAMS ... it is the death capital of the world for adventure sports.  I particularly liked the sections about skiing the North Face of Tour Ronde, which brought back fond memories of doing that climb with Jon Waterman, in full on, black ice conditions, during a February cold snap in the 1970s.

You can watch the video for free on Hulu, or if you are an AMAZON PRIME member. I highly recommend it. 

Ice Comps ... not my cup of tea but probably fun to watch

The UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup Tour 2014 from UIAA - Mountaineering & Climbing on Vimeo.

Dawn Patrol

With the warm weather killing the early season golf course skiing, I did my first skin up the Whiteface alpine slopes. There were another 10 early morning types, and it seems that management looks the other way as long as we are down when they start running the lifts.

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Just A Few More Turns ... avalanche awareness

A Dozen More Turns from Ullr Snowgod on Vimeo.

Whiteface Toll Road

After school I skied for about 75 minutes ... beautiful sunset, good snow, and almost a full moon rising over the mountains ... great way to end the day.

Honnold to free solo the second highest building in the world ... live on TV

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Check out the video "First Ski Of The Season"

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Strength Training For Ski Mountaineering

Given the limited time I have to train, and given my accessibility to mountains, and given a dearth of gyms, this is not my bag. However, I do know for the youth out there - thirty to fifty year-olds - this is good stuff.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE WILD SNOW ARTICLE BY THE WESTERN STATE COLLEGE COACH.

First ski of the season ... yahoo!

I took this picture at 8 am, and we had snow flurries all day long. I managed to squeeze a 5k ski in before, I had to head off to speak at the local Waldorf school.

FIS Nordic season starts this weekend, first World Cups start on November 29

WHO KNEW ... galibier super guides are still in production

Next to the Molitor Ice Boot - first Chouinard mail order catalog - the best alpine boot I ever owned.
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PB in the last race of the season

Lucy's team finished up an incredible season with a 12-2 record in meets, winning the league championship, and being narrowly beaten for the New England Championship by Deerfield. Of the top ten runners on the team, only one graduates, so they should be quite the powerhouse next year as well.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "better to fall then get the rope out"

DownSide Up (T’es pas bien là ?) from sebastien montaz-rosset on Vimeo.


Gnarly, steep, mind-boggling, Chamonix ski mountaineering. A must see trailer.  

Winter is on its way!

While I Was In China The Season Started ... get all caught up at NE ICE

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The Ice Season Is Starting

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FRANSSON ... great footage of skiing Chamonix and Peru

Happy Winter from Bjarne Salén on Vimeo.

Back Home ... massive jet-lag but managed a nice sunset trail run on our perimeter loop

The Eiger's Metanoia, Jeff Lowe, Hospice, and his Final Project

Jeff Lowe's Metanoia (Teaser) from Jeff Lowe on Vimeo.

Blast from the past ... MOUNTAIN MAGAZINE #58

CLICK HERE TO READ DICK SALE'S ESSAY, "MOUNTAINEERING'S REAL VIRTUE."

FOSSIL FITNESS CALCULATOR ... no cheating!

CLICK HERE TO READ THE RECENT NY TIMES ARTICLE ON A QUICK WAY TO ESTIMATE MAX VO2

The Hong Kong Running Scene

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SPS cross country team ... LEAGUE CHAMPS ... go big red!

Lucy hamming it up with the team, who finished the dual meet season with a record of 12-2. The New England Championships are next week.

Calf-burner in Hong Kong

After the international boarding school fair I went for a two hour jog. If you discount the heat and humidity, then this surely must be one of the great cities to run in. Superb vertical, nice pedestrian paths, its incredibly clean, and it has spectacular views. I logged about 2500' this afternoon. Unfortunately I am traveling to Shenzhen tomorrow to meet with parents, and I fly home Monday, so I will not be able to check out the trails which are supposed to be equally fantastic.