Fossil Alpinism

A bunch of old guys still enjoying the mountains, and the training they need to do to get off the couch

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Loppet Training

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I just went out for an easy 45 minute ski on the campus trails. Later today 2-3 laps on the "Ladies Five." The enclosed picture ...

Inca Mummies

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The book I am reading (The Ice Maiden) is fascinating. In 1995 this well preserved 500 year-old girl was found on the summit of Nevado Amapa...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Lake Placid Loppet

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One of the premier distance events in America. Climbing over 3000' in the 50K course. We have superb snow conditions, come on up and st...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Nordic Ski Racing

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The Lake Placid Loppet is fast approaching. Gary is definitely coming up ... Brian? Mark? The painting is a historic one, of an artist re...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

NCS Crag ... icing up

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As I skinned up and over the top of the NCS ski hill this afternoon, I was amazed at how much ice the crag has collected. The photograph sh...

Africa: fossil friends

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Tori and Greg exploring the Drakensburg mountains in South Africa, as they wait for their apartment to be ready in Maputo. A different part...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Telemark Tips

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Today I was working on tip #74 in Allen and Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips. Keep those hands pointed down the fall line during the tu...

NCS ski hill

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The enclosed diagram is our tail map; click on the photograph to enlarge it.

Tele-turns

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Gorgeous day. My first turns of the season at Whiteface ... Somebody has to look after the students! (Click on the picture to enlarge it.)

Video: Pathfinder

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I am getting ready to show this film to my nordic racers as much of the action takes place a 1000 years ago on skis. This film, based on an ...
Monday, January 26, 2009

The Mountain Library

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I have logged about about half of the mountain library into the blog. FYI ... You may use the search function on the blog to find the books...

A Banner Year

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On the drive back from four days in Manhattan - working with trustees - it was great to see all the ice dripping off of the Chapel Pond Cra...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Chessler's 100 Best Books

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Click here to access Michael Chessler's list of the 100 best and most important mountaineering books. (How many do you own or have you r...
Saturday, January 17, 2009

Video: Nordic Pre-Olympics

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Click here to watch video coverage of the 1.6 K classical sprints at Whistler. Andy Newhall finishes in the top ten and several other Americ...

Video: Outside magazine's profile of Messner

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Click here to watch a 45 minute profile of the alpine god, the focus of the film is his exploits on the Himalayan giants.

Video: The Nose speed record

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Click here to watch this 90 second video about the Huber brothers.

Video: American Alpine Club Trailer

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Click here to watch this short video ... guaranteed to get you motivated and off the couch. C
Monday, January 12, 2009

Dean of Students

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Or, maybe we should call him the NCS Dean of Skiing. Click here and watch a 15 second video of Nick taking time out from discipline and par...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

More Humor

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Another PenMen cartoon ... you can find them on Climbing magazine's website. (Click on the cartoon to enlarge it.)

Video: UIAA gear testing

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CLICK ON THIS LINK TO VIEW A SOBERING 90 SECOND VIDEO.
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Feb 8 ... Best of Banff Film Festival ... Shikashika

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Coming to Lake Placid Center for the Arts ... In 2008 Huaraz Satyricon Cinema produced a documentary film about a Shikashika business in the...

Out for Another Ski

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This time a 7.5 k tour with Lucy on the biathlon trails.

-20 Last Night

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The temperatures have risen thirty degrees as I return from my noon ski to warm up in the cabin.

Who Is Coming?

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So far I have just heard from Gary? Brian is waffling a bit as he is still recovering from nordic skiing over New Year's. (Is he a whimp...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009

30 Years Ago: still on the agenda?

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The Cassin Ridge, like Ahab and the White Whale, has consumed much of my psychic energy in the mountains. One of the most beautiful hard alp...

Le Beatnik: a video

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Gary Hemming lead a mythical alpine life until his suicide in the Tetons. Robert Redford always wanted to make this film and play this part....

Video Trailer

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UPDATE - 12/04/08: Andy Parkin documentary wins Special Jury Prize at Kendal! We are delighted to announce that Andy Parkin: A Life in Adapt...

A Little Humor

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PENMEN® was created by 12 year old artist Gary Blehm in 1977 in a one room school house near Aspen, Colorado. The first official poster was ...

Amazing Alpine Feat

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Steck Solos Grandes Jorasses in 2:21 By Dougald MacDonald / The Mountain World Enlarge The Colton-Macintyre Route (1,100m, ED2 WI6 M6) on t...
Monday, January 5, 2009

Pinnacle Gully

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Click on this link to read Guy Waterman's account of the ice climbing history of this important climb in New Hampshire ... see pages 86-...
Sunday, January 4, 2009

Evening Chores

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Selden feeding Birch, after giving hay to the sheep, and milking Katika.

A Card From Santa

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Now that holidays have past, and I have eaten too much, I can reflect on how special the time was. Of course, this card from Santa in my s...
Friday, January 2, 2009

Larry Gearing Up

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Moderately thin conditions, much harder than listed, and Larry just flew up Cascade Ice Dance. The first pitch was delicate and technical...

Cascade Ice Dance

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As Don Mellor says the best line at the Cascade Lakes, although often not in shape. Today it was in thin but manageable conditions.

Michael Franklin: 30 years ago

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Some of you may ask, what does a one pound hunk of fruitcake (a Christmas present from my sister) have to do with Michael? Well almost 30 y...
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year

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Lucy and her friend Teresa in the loft of the Fossil Cabin. Meanwhile 10-15 people were crammed below munching on Selden's homemade pig...

Yoga

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Click here to access the New York Times article on the humorous side of yoga.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Skiing: the way it used to be

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The NCS tow house, powered by a 1957 Ford engine. The rope tow gets spliced regularly and it eats ski gloves for breakfast.

Skining Up The NCS Ski Hill

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Temperatures are dropping fast. I headed out for a quick ski tour on campus (rossignol stratos and Ramer bindings from the mid-70s) before o...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Audiotape: first chapter of Mount Analogue

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Click here to link to the website, with a five minute recording of the first several pages in the allegorical Mount Ananlogue. (The photogra...
Monday, December 29, 2008

A Gift From Santa

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MOUNT ANALOGUE ... do you know it? A reissue of a twentieth-century classic in the acclaimed Tusk Ivories series A twentieth-century classi...

Video: mixed climbing

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Click on this link to see a short video from NE Ice.
Sunday, December 28, 2008

50 Degrees

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In spite of 24 hours of rain and warm temperatures the Porter Mountain Loop is in pretty good shape – hardly a bare spot – best enjoyed with...
Friday, December 26, 2008

Dinner Plates

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Gary took a big ice chunk in the face while climbing in Chapel Pond Canyon today ... Still reasonably "cute" for a guy who will b...
Thursday, December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas

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Happy Holidays. Never fear the stockings are anchored with an alien and a knifeblade ... bomber protection. I hope your days are full of f...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Feeling Pumped

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Last laps on "Pitchoff Right" before the 6+ hour drive home.

Final Column

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Brian putting in a "stubbie" to protect the last 15 feet of "Ice Slot."

On Belay

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Gary doing the honors on "Ice Slot."
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