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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 beautiful Lake Tahoe day, overnight low of 40 degrees, clear sky, sunny, and a high of 70 degrees go. Much of the day revolved around chec...
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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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- Heading out to the Tetons tomorrow
- UTMB racers are off on their 100 mile journey
- Big Day … both the CCC and UTMB races start today
- MIDWAY THROUGH UTMB WEEK
- Set a new 20k PR on my mountain bike
- All you need to know for Olympic Skimo 2026
- BLAST FROM THE PAST: fall 1974 Canadian Rockies
- A good week with more incremental gains
- Back on the end of a rope
- Kilian’s big project this year
- Snow prediction for next winter
- ALMOST BACK ON TRACK
- Getting the Fossil Cabin ready for guests
- Just about 85% and hamstring almost pain free
- Great video about Yao Miao
- Training words of wisdom from Kilian Jornet
- BLAST FROM THE PAST: the upcoming Friends Weekend
- Selden is getting ready to move her sheep
- History of UTMB … good video
- Shrinkage of Andean glaciers is alarming
- Given the circumstances as much training as possible
- A beautiful Adirondack day
- Shooting the breeze and swapping stories
- So How Hard Are These Olympic Climbing Routes?
- Sierre-Zinal coming up this weekend … how will Sop...
- Nice hike up MountVan Hoevenberg yesterday
- Olympic Climbing … I have not seen it yet but will...
- Lake Placid … summer is a busy time with lots of e...
- Nice run on 1980 Olympic nordic trails
- Quieter Corners of the Adirondacks
- Decent week of training
- Pemigewasset Traverse
- Another easy MTB on the rail trail
- BLAST FROM THE PAST: 2019 Cordillera Huayhuash Trek
- Sites for the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics
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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')