Fossil Alpinism

We continue to have spectacular weather, and I just finished some laps on the Trouble Slab. The picture is a view from the top, with the ca...

Seven short moderate pitches (two at the sharp end), two bouldering sessions, three moderate aerobic sessions, one long aerobic session, and...

Pictures and more details of the avalanche site on Mount Tacul from the Alpinist website. (Click on this link)

From the Hudson River School of painting but some of his best work was from his trips to the Andes. (Click here to find out more about him ...

Greg is in Huaraz - working - however he still manages to get out in the Cordillera Blanca.

The leaves are starting to change, and despite the glorious weather we are having, it was 33 degrees this morning.

Almost a century old, these stories are classic - edited by Arnold Lunn - this volume contains the famous piece "Roof Climbing in Oxfor...

Bernard Amy's short-story is one of my favorites ... I just re-read it last night in the anthology "Games Climber's Play."...

Day 1: fly and catch the last tram up Midi Day 2: Cosmique arete ... Alpine AD (snow climbing with bits of 5.4 rock in crampons, and two rap...

This picture taken from the Cosmique Hut during our recent Chamonix trip, shows the thin Chere ice gully, as well as the seracs to the right...

Setting off for Washington Column in the late 1970s. Notice the hi-tech haulbag, the state-of-the-art EBs, and of course, the vintage hair ...

A busy time with 150+ alumni here for Friends' Weekend. I climbed 8 moderate short pitches, one of which was on the sharp end. I had t...

Larry belayed a few pitches after he rapped down an scrubbed "Two for you two for me."

As the summer ends, and the leaves turn colors in the Adirondacks, it is a perfect time to book a night in the rustic fossil cabin ... Do so...

Lucy and Selden looking at the spectacular view of Cascade from the recently completed barn.

El Presidente - looking as young as ever - at Sunnyside during our recent trip. How to celebrate? A week in the valley? Eastern ice? Peru?...

I eventually saw gas at $5.50 a gallon in California, but this was the first five dollar sign I saw out west ... just before I entered Yose...

For those of you that have put off a visit to the Fossil Cabin because you feared being mauled by the sheep, have no fear, after several sum...

After the red - eye and a day of work ... Sunset on the lake hill sure looked good.

With housing prices dropping through the floor, and his stock portfolio going south as well, Hock looks to invest some pocket change in a ...

School Rock on Donner Summit, with the practice slab and Kindergarten Cracks in full view. Hock bouldered here for 40 minutes before headin...

No peaks bagged but good to reconnect, and we even saw Damny at Sunnyside.

Meeting Hock at Third Lake at 8:35 am on Saturday, August 9, 2008.

Mountain air and fellowship. The fossils did not get up any of the "celestial aretes" on Mount Temple. We need to set a bit more ...

She skis, she climbs, she does capoeira, and she helps fossils with their asanas.

There were no trout for dinner, however both Mark and Liz report "lots of bites."

Is that Tori doing first aid on her dad? No ... Tucked in the shadow of the Palisade Glacier Tori is giving a "remedial fossil yoga...

The Travertine Hot Springs outside of Bridgeport are the perfect thing for washing away the trail dirt and grime.

A stop at this amazing bakery. After the two hour hike out from Fourth Lake I had an apple strudel and a chocolate croissant.

I still have two hours to get to the trailhead, however I could not resist a photo of the north face of Fairview which I climbed in 2004. ...

Testing rental carts for his newspaper article.

A much younger version of the dynamic duo on Stormpoint in the Tetons.

Hock leading a short 5.6 route out behind the NCS ski hill.

Take comfort in the nicely grazed and manicured lawn that surrounds the cabin and mountaineering library ... Compliments of Selden's fl...

I leave for the three days in the Sierras on this coming Friday morning. Albert Bierstadt paintings (click to enlarge) were my inspiration t...

About 15 years ago several Fossils remember Matt struggling on the "Football Field" of Denali. Now armed with a PhD in molecular ...

Lucy during a riding lesson at Treetops.

The enclosed picture is from the Aiguille de L’Index. The peak just to the left of me is the North Face of the Dru, to my right is the Walk...

Charlie is the 3 year-old son of Guillaume, a fossil friend. Working out the moves in his backyard training facility.

Needless to say, being fit for the alps and running up and down the lacrosse field are two different things. The joints and muscles are so...

On the 11th pitch of the Gliere you are confronted with a spectacularly exposed hand traverse. The pitch is graded 5a, or roughly 5.7, and t...

The view from our first peak - Macomb - with Elk Lake in the background. We also climbed South Dix, Hough, and East Dix.

Just out for a short hike and some bouldering.

How accurately it depicted my time in Chamonix duing the 1970s AND how different my trip with Larry last month was! (Click on the cartoon to...

Are the fossils too over the hill to climb it? (Click on the topo to enlarge it.)

The often seen but rarely climbed huge Wickersham Wall. Believe it or not, glacial ice at the snout, not some backcountry crag!

Greg just returned from two weeks of work in Alaska, and he is all fired up about the Cassin Ridge. Here is a picture from our ill-fated att...

The fossil cabin has two new commerative glasses for your next post- climb libation.

As Chamonix memories start to fade it is time to get back into a regular routine of practice at the school's crag.