Fossil Alpinism

I have been sick all week - not swine flu - and since I felt a bit better today I did a short hike up Owl's Head. (The day was clear but...

Click on this text to access a link of a Lynn Hill doing the first female ascent of "Midnight Lightning" in Yosemite Valley. This ...

Selden is back at work, so watch out. With her successful completion of the barn, and then the Fossil Cabin, she has now moved on to this s...

Alpinist #26 is now available; finally something that is not filled with the "latest news" on sport climbing and competitions!

Click on this text to access the link to a short video taken during the Mountaineer's Back-country Skifest. The footage is ski mountain...

The pictures have been developed and posted on the Mountaineer's blog. I have included this one of a very rare Eastern Ice Experience,...

Anally compulsive as I am, here are the relevant end of year totals: - 280 days with at least a minimal workout - 297 total hours working ou...

Click on this text to access a link to detailed route description of the North Ridge as well as a fantastic slideshow of the climbing on th...

A 60 second snippet of my first bouldering workout. The image is not of the highest quality, as I am capturing footage that is playing on m...

El Presidente and the Historian have started discussing suitable alpine mountaineering objectives for a 60th birthday. So, far one option r...

Before I headed on the road to Alta and NYC, I downloaded an application to my iPhone for $1.99. Yoga Trainer Pro is a great little item th...

The past five days have been spent in New York City with trustees and various alumni. The tools of the alpinist and climber have been out o...

The newest additions to Hock's mountain collection, are a murder mystery series about special agent Antonio Burns - a cop really - who i...

Last week while rowing to the tune of an old VHS tape, I stumbled across this movie scene, and thought it a good trial-run of the new gizmo ...

Click on this text to access a link to a two minute video montage of excerpts from some of the most outrageous depictions of climbing ever s...

Click on this text to access a link with details about climbing the West Face of Leaning Tower. The fossils are starting to gear up. Nothi...

The school just bought a new "magic" electronic device. The FLIP is smaller than an iPod and takes and hour of HD quality video w...

Click on this text to access the link to the largest purveyor of antiquarian mountain books, engravings, maps, and paintings. Incredibly in...

The view of the Wasatch Mountains, shortly after take-off was superb. A wonderfully compact range with great alpine touring and rock climb...

Sunrise on the Wasatch. (Click on the image to enlarge the photograph.)

A great trip to the Wasatch. I ended up not climbing on Mount Superior, however in addition to countless telemark turns, I did four tours ...

My alpine holiday - actually a camp and school reunion - continues to go well. At the end of every day of lift skiing at Alta, I try to do ...

This year at the NCS and CTT Alta reunion I pledged to take a daily break from skiing the lifts and do a tour. Here I am getting ready to ...

A small non-profit started by Brad Ray - who was the snow ranger during my tenure as the Harvard cabin caretaker - has the mission of protec...

A gorgeous day. After work I schlepped a 25 pound pack up Owl's Head and did 10 laps up the 35' corner. It was only 5.2 but it was...

She’s a stud ... On the same beautiful day that the Fossils were hoofing their climbing gear into in Avalanche, Lake Emilie Drinkwater linke...

Something you probably overlooked on your recent alpine adventures when you were swinging ice tools on Chouinards, cruising up the slabs in ...

Click on this text to access the enclosed link featuring video clips of various extreme ski mountaineering trips: Huascaran, Robson, Wadding...

This webcam view from Wildcat mountain shows pretty good conditions ... of course its still pretty darn cold on the summit ... no velvety co...

Last evening just before dinner I hiked up Owl's Head. The trail is almost mud-free, and the crag is dry, so next trip up I will bring ...

I am getting ready for the School and Camp reunion to Alta next week, and came across this great article about our host - Bill Levitt - who ...

but Chamonix - the epicenter of all things related to skiing, mountains, and alpinism - is enjoying some fabulous weather. These webcam sho...

Maybe? With the 2" of fresh snow from last night, and the 0-2" base, I headed out for a 60 minute tour on the Porter Mountain loo...

Conditions were scratchy to say the least. I spent Saturday telemarking on the mountain with about half of the NCS students. Conditions di...

A small sampling of the 62 photos in the Mount Washington Observatory gallery, all of which are for sale. These pictures profile both Huntin...

LEGEND 1 - Left Gulley 2 - Chute Variation South 3 - The Chute 4 - Chute Variation North 5 - Center Gully South 6 - Center Gully North 7 - ...

A terrific short essay about one climber's favorite books. Great minds think alike, as several of his favorites would make my all-time h...

As I think about going back to Yosemite this summer, to climb the West Face of Leaning Tower with Mark, I have re-read this seminal work on ...

Just back from a short 5-6K ski on the Porter Mountain Loop, and as you can see conditions are scratchy. Still, its a lot more fun than run...

Click on this text to access a link and watch a 90 second trailer for the video documentary on the history of skiing in Tuckerman's Ravi...

Last weekend when I was skiing at Killington, the first tracks were being put down on the Tuckerman's Ravine Headwall. Click on this l...

Click on the text to access the enclosed link and read the written transcript of Toni Matt's talk in 1983 where he described the experie...

The weekend of May 2-3 Hockmeister will be heading to ski the Tuckerman's Ravine headwall. One of the most famous ski stories in Americ...

Late in the day, with my quads screaming from too many telemark turns, my buddies start dragging me down these kind of runs! After a couple ...

What an amazing day ... Fabulous Spring conditions.

Lucy, Selden, and friends Alex and Joanne continue to enjoy a warm weather vacation. (As usual Hock is searching for the last bits of winter...