Fossil Alpinism

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A good introduction to a wonderful trail and mountain running magazine, with a large bunch of past stories in its website archive.  https:/...

Be careful out there! (A watercolor I found in my 1988 TTW journal.)

Given that I'll be making three trips to the American West in the past four months, I thought it time to read a bit more about the West...

A good first week, in this hard 21 day block which will be followed by an easy week, culminating in the Dragon Ascent. I logged just und...

Recently, going through an old box of memorabilia, I discovered a few log books from the years I guided camp and school teenagers in the Win...

Lucy and I will be in the Sierras from September 9 - 21, it does seem mind boggling, to climb all the 14ers in the continental United States...

1st … Tom Evan 2nd … Ben Dhiman 3rd … Josh Wade

Getting ready for the Mammoth Trail Festival Dragon Ascent.  Of course, I am getting psyched up by watching people crush the uphills in the ...

In the late 1960s and into the early 1970s, Chouinard launched the Revolution with his curved piolet, ice hammer, and rigid crampons. Other...

The ETC is currently the race that any of us can enter - no lottery, no other races or a UTMB INDEX needed - just sign up. It is run on the...

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Tomorrow I will start a training bloc for the Mammoth Trail Festival VK. The Dragon Ascent race will be on September 19. The focus of train...

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Despite a long travel day - arrived home at 3am - I had a good trip, and I am excited and delighted to be back home. I flip-flopped betwee...

Up at 6am to finish packing, and make some tea. Mark and Liz drove me to the airport, 50 minutes away. Both plane flights were delayed by ab...

Another hot and hazy day; I suspect there must be a fire somewhere. However, we had a good day with Mark doing his longest bike ride in 5 ye...

I had a nice night; slept well, under a dark and starry sky, on a cot. Started the morning with some tea, everybody sleeping, and me startin...

Started with a great 30 minute bike ride, a wonderful hike with fantastic views, and then a good wash up in Jackson Lake.

 Hours of daylight is getting less and less by the day and the dog days of summer will soon be behind us. That can only mean one thing; win...

No really big days, but good time with friends and a good time to be around these big mountains of my youth. I managed 186k (165k bike and ...

A pretty casual day, catching up with Mark, Liz, John, and Karin. We did a very casual bike tour of the Colter Bay Area, which I supplemente...

Feeling a little tired - poor sleep and pushing too hard - so it will be a partial rest day. I biked 18k, to Moose and back for ice cream. ...

A few rain storms today, and a bit of an off day, but I managed an hour run, an hour of easy bouldering, and a 35 minute bike ride. (I rode...

After biking the Antelope Road Loop, I stopped at Blacktail Butte to check out the climbing crag. It looked like pretty solid limestone, we...

Today on my 40 K bike ride I noticed that there was a great view of the north side of the Grand Teton so I snapped this picture from the Sno...

An excellent day. In the morning, a nice mountain run - Level 4 - up past Lake Taggert and Bradley. After lunch and a short nap, I biked i...

I had a good week of training getting ready for the Tetons. I logged 16 hours, on 178k (146k bike and 32k run), with 4250' vertical. I...

Today is day six, post knee injections, and I am feeling good. Excited to be heading back to the Tetons, and see old friends, especiall...

Jon Waterman on the lead in February 1979, outside of Vail Colorado. Jon, Mike Young, and I spent a week climbing some of the newer test pi...

Ain't that the truth: mountains speak to some, the sea to others, the bustling metropolis can enchant, but for Selden it's the well ...

In September, on foot and by bike, he will attempt to climb all 72 of the 14,000' peaks in America. https://www.irunfar.com/kilian-jorne...

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