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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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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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Given my background as a nordic racer, as tradition demands, yesterday was my first day of the 2025-2026 training and racing season. I had...
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Selden and I drove just east of Glens Falls - about two hours away - to look at, and test drive several lightly used Subaru cars. Many hour...
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I had a good chat with Dr. Byrne, who 15 years ago 'scoped my right knee. After checking me out, looking at the pictures, and hearing ho...
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YAHOO … finally a spectacularly beautiful day. I took Selden and Alison out to the Grand Adirondack Hotel for a big breakfast. Then came ...
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Last week was a wet one, and while I made the best of it, I was disappointed to only get out on the MTB twice. That said, it was a producti...
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As is often the case, many ups and downs, with a mixture of pleasant surprises as well as disappointments. (I was tempted to write "bi...
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- Horse packing ski trip
- We have had great striding and gliding over the ho...
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- Skiing a section of the Jackrabbit trail by Lake C...
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- Where is the snowiest place on Earth
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- Cold snap continues …
- First below zero temperatures of the season
- Another lunch with a college buddy
- Lucy’s home, we trimmed the tree, and temperatures...
- Rain has stopped, temperatures above freezing
- A good morning skiing at Whiteface
- The week in review
- Wonderful lunch with college buddies in Clifton Park
- A good day of skiing at Scott’s Cobble
- Superb American Alpine Club Podcast … kilian jornet
- Blustery morning at Whiteface
- 20th day on snow
- 2024 NOAA ARCTIC REPORT CARD
- Just found this cool podcast
- Atmospheric river is headed our way
- Every so often Strava entices me to upgrade
- Mount Van Hoevenberg finally opened this past week...
- New innovative ski development
- Got my season pass to 12 ski areas …
- Holiday book suggestions from the sweat science guy
- Getting a little more snow every day
- Case study: small struggling ski areas becoming no...
- First South American Country To Lose All It’s Glac...
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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')