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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 ... -
Yesterday I skied on the Whiteface toll road for 90 minutes. It was covered and skiable from the bottom gate … but it was pretty darn icy....
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Lenny had a break from classes in Belgium, so he tracked me down in Zermatt. I was living the true Dirtbag existence, bivying on a farmers ...
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I logged 14 hours, on 146k (99k bike, 32k ski, 14k row, 1k run), with 3300' vertical, and one strength workout. On a different note,...
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I was away for a few days for the funeral for Sue Klinkow. She was a wonderful person, and long time spouse to "Klink" one of my c...
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I have three types of warmups I do before I go skiing in the winter: 20-30 minutes on the exercise bike or ergometer, or 20-30 minutes with ...
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Warm temperatures and rain in the past 36 hours decimated the snowpack. However, there is enough coverage for some sledding on the small hil...
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- Morning shakeout …
- Charlie Porter a climbing machine
- Skimo fastest know times!
- A great day with a great friend …
- Risk, risk tolerance, and the climbing feedback loop
- How to climb the Eiger North Face
- Hamstring exercises to help your classic technique
- April 24, 2022 … The last day of the Whiteface ski...
- If I do either Gothic Mountain Tour or the Grand T...
- Still on my bucket list … March SellaRonda in the ...
- An important solo of the Eiger North Face
- Whiteface and Mount Van Hoevenberg to re-open
- BLAST FROM THE PAST … demise of the wood ski
- Back in the days of snowy winters …
- Yesterday was a classic spring day but today …
- The snowflake guy
- First bouldering of the spring
- Still skiing
- New thriller, a novel about a murder on a Himalaya...
- For long days in the mountains train your body to ...
- Ski and climbing gear for big Alaskan routes
- Skiing volcanoes this spring?
- A new wrinkle in the Mallory-Irvine mystery
- Last Skimo laps at Killington
- Good Skimo laps at Killington
- A guys weekend at Killington
- Nordic Guys almost pull out the win in the Grand T...
- An interesting but relatively unknown character … ...
- A few beautiful days however now it’s time for Apr...
- The Pierra Menta skimo race
- La Grande Course … the six skimo biggies
- Another good week …
- Skimo makes it into theNew York Times
- Spring skiing doesn’t get any better than this!
- Competing at altitude, living at altitude, and bei...
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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')