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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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- Paths Of Glory
- Shieldmaiden
- The Mountaineer’s Companion
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KURTYKA WAS A LEADING PROPONENT OF FAST AND LIGHT IN THE 1970s and 1980s. This is a historically important essay written in 1988. The Art ... -
Actually, Mark picked me up in Reno at 3pm, and we were sitting on his deck in Squaw Valley by 4:30pm. A long - but not too difficult - trav...
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Another book - well thumbed - which I recently pulled off the Fossil Cabin shelf. In this fifty year old guidebook, there were more th...
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The week was marked by a change of weather, with almost every afternoon bringing us a thunderstorm. Still, there was plenty of sun - time to...
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Halfway through this training week, and have logged good cycling miles (just under 100k) and good vertical (over 3100'). Feeling good, a...
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A great time with Danny and Mark. They fished at Twin Lakes, while I logged 12.5 hours of exercise on 119k (84k bike, 30k run, and 3.5k ski)...
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- A beautiful but brutally cold tour
- 8000 meter peaks from space ... way cool
- Check out the video "NYSEF Time Trial"
- Skiing the Cordillera Blanca
- BLAST FROM THE PAST ... skiing Monte Rosa
- Slim Pickens In The 'dacks
- DID YOU KNOW ... Hemingway ... Galtur, Shruns, Gst...
- Ice Climbing In The Himalayas ... a tutorial on ho...
- MERRY CHRISTMAS
- How can just two days make such a difference?
- We need the snow goddess SKADE to work her magic
- Still skiing ... but just barely
- HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL THE FOSSIL ALPINISTS
- Ice Advice ... michael kennedy, kitty calhoun, jac...
- Honnold and Croft talking about risk and rock clim...
- The Rise Of Superman ... flow and human performance
- Yuck ... what a way to kick off the first day of w...
- BLAST FROM THE PAST ... ice climbing in Scotland
- Looks like a white Christmas
- The lost treasure of Athualpa
- Sunset laps skinning on the ski hill
- It is even colder on the NCS campus!
- Avalanche Safety Website ... a must see
- Check out the video "NCS Ski Mountaineering Loop"
- Patagonia ... Sustainable fashion
- A MUST SEE ... First Light: journey to the roof of...
- A dawn ski at -5 F
- QUOTE OF THE WEEK ... mark twain
- How skating came to Nordic skiing
- Strong performance from the US ladies in Lillehammer
- How to clip into your anchor ... a must watch!
- Short on snow in the 'dacks but still skiing on th...
- Freezer Full Of Meat
- Skiing at Rikert Nordic Center
- Check out the video "NCS Ski Practice"
- Serious backcountry skiing ... Serious shopping
- Avalanche Control, The Olympics, And Sochi
- Ice Anchors
- Geoff Smith, a legendary adirondack mountain man p...
- Excellent Nordic Workout
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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')