Operation Moffat

I read Gwen Moffat's autobiography - SPACE BELOW MY FEET - decades ago. As Britain's first female mountain guide, she was breaking all kinds of barriers, but ultimately it was a good read because it offered another lens to view the history of our sport. Not sure where this film can be viewed, but I will keep my eyes open and let you know.


Operation Moffat – trailer

A nice little essay on the off season ...

http://adventure-journal.com/2016/04/setting-into-the-rhythm-of-a-ski-towns-off-season/

Spring in the Adirondacks

They rolled the Olympic nordic trails but unfortunately I was stuck in the office and could not get out to ski.

Spring is here!

The valley trails are firm, and will sprout spring beauties soon. Of course, Lucy said up high on Algonquin its icy and micro-spikes are definitely called for. I had a great 85 minute run, after three very long and stressful days in Manhattan.

One of those nordic days

A short, entertaining video ...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5HiyXSJww&ebc=ANyPxKobyZavFX8K-OIR3HwcGIk6i9TiNpv8Sti9v8TS_HCK_a-DmhM_bsRb-jUBTDd81SEAnVcU9Yhdl5ochlA225rRK_w3Aw

Mountain Running ... Boulder is where it's at!

https://rootsrated.com/stories/for-week-of-4-11-mountain-running-legends-of-boulder

Last Dawn Patrol Of The Season

http://youtu.be/Yd-gbDcD-bU

Skiing the north face of Les Courtes

https://vimeo.com/162381031

The knee is feeling better ...

I did four short and easy trail runs this week between 25-45 minutes long, supplemented by yoga, and the rowing machine.

Handmade, Custom Igneous Skis

https://vimeo.com/159821179

Looks like Spring has finally come to the Adirondacks

Yesterday was spectacular; today, and the rest of the weekend will be equally as brilliant. Whiteface closes Sunday. The last boil in the NCS sugarbush will happen today, and I will spend most of the weekend getting ready for the April 23rd board meeting.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK ... a few toes aren't much to give

The Sierra Nevada Snowpack

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/science/california-snow-drought-sierra-nevada-water.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Last day of the alumni reunion

Heading home on the red-eye.

Another great day at Alta ...

The knee felt a bit better, and I had a good skin up the summer road.

The start of a great day at Alta

The wasatch range coming into view

Another book off Hock's shelves

A very comprehensive tome, and I am just re-reading the section on Nansen and the Fram.

Good nordic coverage in the local paper

Pretty chilly for April

Not a great winter but I still managed 83 days on snow ...

I will end my season in Utah. I am heading out to Alta for four days in 48 hours - it's work, an alumni ski reunion - somebody has to do it!

This crummy nordic season ends where it started ...

Doing laps at Whiteface. Thankfully, this is not too painful on the knee! I might go back this afternoon.

Knee surgery?

Two weeks after I tweaked my knee I can barely get up Owls Head! I feel like a very old man, and while it was great to get out and see the view, I am worried.

On a different note, you see the clouds rolling in, the temperature will drop all day, and tomorrow it looks like snow.

Mira Rai

A great story of a Nepalese child soldier in the Maoist army who morphs into a big-time international trail runner

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/miraraifilm/142647558