Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Terrific ski-mo tour

Guillaume and I skied up Haystack and then skinned 7k over to Mount Snow, skied down and then rode the lift for 90 minutes over at the Hermitage Club. Fantastic day.

Ice climbing and finishing with a sauna

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

First day on ice this winter ...

Gary as usual jumped on the sharp end.

Monday, December 26, 2016

A post-Christmas ski expedition on Round Lake

Lucy leading Jon and Amanda on a tour as a cool down, after her interval workout on the Olympic trails.

The house is going up ...

Pretty exciting.

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Fossil Christmas Gifts

My library continues to expand.

In addition to having a complete set of Alpinist magazines, I have a very large selection of climbing and skiing fiction, as well as highly esoteric volumes like The Physics Of Skiing.

Of course, no Christmas would be complete without fruitcake ... Gu, Cliff bars, and old time pemmican or Logan Bread can hardly keep up with a good mouthful of Claxton fruitcake from Georgia.

Merry Christmas

Saturday, December 24, 2016

The evolution of classic skiing

Dawn Patrol ...

Started snowing just as I headed down.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Easy skate at MVH

Wonderful sunset; looking into the Shady Corner Curve on the Olympic Bobsled track.

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Monday, December 19, 2016

Lucy's nordic season is on a roll ...

A couple of very strong back-to-back races to add to last week's NYSEF win. This weekend the Eastern Cup opener at Craftsbury included a 5k classic and this 10k skate. In a field of 130 Lucy hauled in at least a dozen higher ranked skiers that she had never beaten before.

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Friday, December 16, 2016

The first brutally cold weather of the season

Even as I was out skiing at 7am, the temperature was steadily dropping down to about -18 degrees.  The windchills of -30 were pretty brutal.

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Fossil Saunas ...

Looking forward to celebrating the end of the term with a sauna on Saturday or Sunday. The culture of a fossil sauna is a little less genteel, than the one portrayed in the enclosed article. However, it makes sense to freshen up your understanding of sauna etiquette before you visit the alps.

http://www.thelocal.at/20161126/how-to-behave-in-an-austrian-sauna

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Monday, December 12, 2016

First nordic race of the season ...

During the NYSEF Opener yesterday, Lucy traded the lead for 9.9k with a gal who was UNH captain last year and she pulled it out in the last 100 meters! Great start to her freshman year.

Sunday, December 11, 2016

More scavenging ...

After we watched the fox through binoculars Selden came out with Lucy's good camera and snapped this photograph.

Scavenging ...

Not much of a picture as my iPhone doesn't have a telephoto lens, however it was quite a sight, watching a fox and some ravens scavenging the carcass of a deer that fell through the ice.

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Cordillera Blanca

Wow ... just updated my iPhone operating system and the device automatically arranges groups of photos into a slideshow. Thinking of going back for my 65th birthday.






NCS lunch stop on the way up the Toll Road

Friday, December 9, 2016

Mountain Art ...

Not everyone's cup of tea, but read this short essay on artist Rachel Pohl.

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2016/12/happy-trippy-bozeman-artist-know/

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

It seems like just yesterday ...

We got together to celebrate El Presidente's 50th and now he is getting ready to celebrate his 67th or 68th? Heck, they say 70 is the new 40 ... so raise a glass.

You can bet I'll be wearing my Commemorative T-shirt on December 8th.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

NCS nordic team and the attraction of small hills ...

The Olympic facility is open for business, with most of the flatter trails rolled and in good shape. Waxing was a nightmare - everything iced up - so the students mostly were interested in climbing up the mound of man-made snow, and doing "tricks" ... face-plants!

Monday, December 5, 2016

Bumper sticker wisdom ...

A short essay in the Adventure Journal will bring a smile ...

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2016/11/20-awesome-adventure-bumper-sticker-slogans/

Sunday, December 4, 2016