Fossil Alpinism

The key passage is as follows: Daily fluctuations are normal. Hard sessions or unusually long workouts often cause short-term drops in HRV, ...

  https://www.skiinghistory.org/article/cortinas-olympic-rewrite

During the past week I logged 14:40 hours, on 141k (105k bike, 29k ski, 5k run, 2k row), with 2700' vertical. I also managed one ...

A pillar of our community, a warm, generous, and wonderful person. A terrific mom, athlete, nurse, mountain guide, church member, and a lov...

I uploaded a picture of our house, and asked it to paint a watercolor of me skiing back home, with a full moon and stars twinkling. Gettin...





A watercolor by John Singer Sargent

A wonderful morning riding lifts with my skimo race gear. Moreover, it's only going to get a lot colder in the next few days!

I did a 25 minute warmup with Stash on Old Mountain Road and then 55 minute ski on the 1980 Olympic trails.

This week I logged 15 hours, on 125k (83k bike, 29k ski, 7k run, and 6k row), with 3500' vertical. I also managed one morning of alpine...

With my buddies John and Gary, and then a stop at Gary's 10x12 cabin.

Drinking some whiskey with Gary and John. They were running laps on Pitchoff Right today, and I was skiing. Tomorrow we are going to skin u...



The 1980 biathlon trails have been rolled, and most of the massive blowdowns have been dealt with (enclosed picture). So, despite the 40 deg...

Hope to make a trip sometime in the near future … maybe with Lucy.

The Olympic torch is due to be carried up to one of the summits of Monte Rosa on Tuesday, January 13. Almost 34 years ago, I skied from th...

However, the miserable 24 hours of bad weather came Friday, the day of the last race. Jury decisions to move start time up, and liberali...

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This beautiful coffee table book from Lucy and this handy-dandy stool from Santa which fits easily in a day pack.    So, with my early morn...

A wonderful day, with a couple of inches of new snow last night, a bit of sun, and moderate temperatures (28-32 degrees). All that made f...

The first of four races at Mount Van Hoevenberg this week, with over 700 racers entered.  Hailey Swirbul and Hunter Wonders won today's...

 Well, I am certainly not doing trips like that at 73, but it is a good insightful and engaging piece. Hey, and I use PDG skis too. Gear Fo...

In June 2019, I was co-leader of this fantastic trip, which had us crossing multiple 16,000' passes, before we closed the loop. Our two...

Tomorrow kicks off the Cross Country National Championships … a few Olympic berths are still up for grabs. The racing goes all week long, an...

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MC6naKkdo1c

 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/travel/norway-crosscountry-skiing.html

It was a wonderful week, with excellent weather and good ski conditions. As with other years - festivities - kept the overall volume low. ...

The next few mornings will be hosted by Mount Van Hoevenberg, with the worlds this February in Arber, Germany.

 https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2025/12/10/the-prescriptioncrevasse-fall?mc_cid=9cc245047e

I skied in the afternoon, when it was a balmy ten degrees! 

Admittedly, it was also Christmas. It is also true that today I did my first interval workout on my nordic skis. It is also true, that onl...

 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/new-hiking-trail-zermatt-swiss-alps



It's going to be a white Christmas. Our ski base survived a couple of warm days and rain. Temperatures will be cold and snow flurries ...

They spent the day clearing trails and getting the place ready for the upcoming holidays and races. However, I suspected their ordered pri...