Fossil Alpinism

Plenty of snow on the Whiteface toll road, which given colder temperatures this week, should stick around for a long time. It was a good ...

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After hiking for a kilometer, the skiing on the toll road was quite good. Pretty windy, and heavy wet snow falling, so it certainly felt win...

 https://legionmagazine.com/team-discovers-2000-year-old-roman-legion-camp-in-swiss-alps/

 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/science/peru-glaciers-water-pollution.html

On Monday I perused almost all of the ski area webcams in the northeast. I noticed that several had made skiable snow during the run of cold...

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But, still no snow, and a burn ban until the end of November for fear of forest fires. However, Whiteface opened - one or two runs - on ...

Last week I re-read A Medal Of Honor, a novel about an Olympic biathlete, this week it's The God Of Skiing. A novel about a fictional T...

I started with a 30 minute shakeout on the exercise bike, then over to Mount Van Hoevenberg for a crisp interval session on a bluebird 30 de...

https://planetski.eu/2024/11/14/lindsey-vonn-set-to-race-again/



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Keeping fingers crossed, and gearing up for a quick trip to ski on the Jay Peak golf course. Good training last week. I logged just over...

It started with a very chilly but quite nice mountain biking excursion on the rail trail. The middle of the day had me start to re-read A Me...

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Pretty amazing! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36860525/

I am hoping to do one session a week at High Peaks Cyclery, through the winter into the spring. Range of motion through my right arm is path...

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Ski-able snow on Monday, and a dusting of snow at weeks end. I logged 16:40, on 159k (122k bike, 30k run, and 7k ski), with 4325' vert...

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 https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/caroline-gleich-senate/?utm_term=ool&utm_campaign=ool-longreads&utm_me...

It's going to take me awhile to digest this, but of course the bottom line is obvious … performance declines! https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.g...

I am going to keep my eye on Foret and Mont St. Anne, and maybe gas up the Hockmobile for an adventure. 

 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/opinion/body-muscles-40s-aging.html



The spectacular fall weather continued, and I logged just under 15 hours, on 136k (113k bike and 23k run), with 3250' vertical. I also d...

Great fall weather continues.

But, now I am back trail running in the 'dacks. It's deer hunting season, so dressing accordingly and picking trails wisely.

A great MTB ride in Minnewaska State Park with Harry; and perhaps even more exciting was the cheesecake his girlfriend baked!

Heck, Lab City and the Menihek Ski trails are only 16 hours away!

Of course, I was not skiing the terrain park!

The good weather continues, and today I am heading down to see an old college buddy. The trip will also include downhill skiing at Big Snow,...

 Looks like and inch or two might happen just before the election, but probably not enough to ski on the toll road.

The LA Freeway, stands for the 34 mile ridge line, including 24 peaks, that extends from Longs Peak to Arapahoe Peak.  Anton Krupicka was a...

You can't ask for much more: skiing, great trail runs, good strength sessions, and some glorious weather. As for the stats, I logged jus...

On some level alpinists, rock climbers, and mountaineers have always been interested in speed … the "Nose" in a day, some nordwan...

Another hard frost this morning, as the overnight low was 22 degrees. By 10:30 am the temperature had risen to 50 degrees and Stash and I we...

A nice workout which included two level 4 repeats, each at 6:30 minutes. After the warmup and cool down, the workout logged 5k, 750', in...

This comet won't be back for another 80,000 years.

First day on snow, skiing up the whiteface toll road.

Here she is running by the Fossil Cabin, and out to the 1980 Olympic trails with Stash. Selden and I could never have managed the Chamonix ...

 The other option is much smaller, and would be a perfect replacement for my current running vest … perfect for a 1-2-3 hour trip.  Whereas...