Fossil Alpinism

I just got in from a 50 minute ski on our sugarbush trails. I also checked and they rolled a 1K loop through the biathlon stadium which oug...

Click on this text to access a link to this very funny animation. Created by Duncan - former Olympic biathlete - at 40 years old is giving ...

As we start to sort out climbing plans for the summer, I would like to review the various options day-by-day. Starting with the French Alps ...

I received an email yesterday from Yosuf and his brother Robel. Both of them, as well as another brother Benyam, are graduates of NCS. I ta...

We had a sit-down dinner for 270, with families traveling from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Bermuda, Switzerland, and 10 different states. The trad...

I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving. Now that all the families have left NCS it is time to catch up with my blog. Video from last...

As you can see from this picture of Mirror Lake and the High Peaks in the background of town, a front is moving in and snow is predicted for...

Former NCS student, and charter pilot, Frank K. has blocked out the time for the Fossil Icefest in December. The enclosed pictures are from...

Yesterday I drove down to Long Island to honor our high school lacrosse coach - Al Butler - and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of our Lon...

Yesterday was the start of the World Cup season, with a large field on hand in Norway. The conditions were hard and fast, and the best Amer...

Sometime around 1976 or 1977, Jonathan Waterman, and I went into Mount Katahdin with hopes of climbing a new route in the North Basin. Des...

Taking an hour off from the office I did some easy problems on the Yurt boulder. Meanwhile Dave and one of our 9th graders were working on ...

Click on this text to access a short video produced by the Asia Society, entitled "On Thinner Ice: melting glaciers on the roof of the ...

Click on this text to read a very short essay on alpine starts from the AAC newsletter. It captures the debate about "how early to sta...

After being on the road for quite awhile, I treated myself to running the nordic ski team practice today from 3-4:30. We did a ski hike ove...

Call him on his cell phone and wish him well. I believe the weather has been good down-state, and that he is celebrating this event in the ...

No doubt you are hatching schemes and dreams about a big trip for next summer. My current thoughts are the Cordiller Blanca (Huaraz) or the...

Click on this text to access a video of Twight and Rackliff soloing some hard routes in the 1990s (including Polar Circus). The gear is a b...

Click on this link to access a six minute video of two guys climbing this classic ice gully on Mount Blanc du Tacul, and then skiing down th...

Despite the amazingly warm weather in the Adirondacks - I am going bouldering today - the cross country racing season has started. The firs...

I am in Charlotte North Carolina making a presentation to educational consultants, and I just received pictures from Greg and Tori. They ar...

Click on the text to access this link to Kelly Cordes new blog. He has a great entry describing the difference between Type I Fun, Type II ...

Click on this text to access a New York Times article about the continued - and rapid - shrinkage of the summit icecap.

Winter is coming. Prep your nordic bases. Watch this 13 minute video ... wouldn't this be a fantastic Fossil weekend? Fly into Montre...

Bill Moyers does a 16 minute video tribute to his friend Charles Houston who passed away a month ago at the age of 96. Click on this text to...

This 1976 video produced by Yvon Chouinard, follows a day of soloing on Ben Nevis by John Cunningham. The gear is vintage fossil-ware ... i...

Lucy holding up her diamond studs that she got from my sister; she also got a microscope; a gift certificate to amazon.com and some clothes ...

Click on the text to read the New York Times Review of "The Wildest Dream." This is a documentary about Mallory and his ill-fated...

I went out to do a bit of bouldering late in the day, however the rock was pretty wet, and so I did a 30 minute yoga session. Of course, ju...

In between climbing on plastic at the Albany Rock Gym, and climbing at the Gunks, I made a quick trip over to my alma mater. It was great to...

Click on the text to access a great Jackson Hole link to a site called MOUNTAIN ATHLETE. It has a host of good exercises and routines, with...

Brian gives an articulate, and concise summary of Mark's visit touching on the high points: missed plane flight, sluggish starts, broken...

Several fossils got together on Saturday and Sunday. As it was pouring rain on Saturday, Gary-Mark-Hock met at the Albany Rock Gym for a fe...

Click on the text to access this short article by Will Gadd. It was posted on his blog and was written about the subject of mental training...

The enclosed slide is 30 years old. Mike Brochu, Michael Franklin, and I are headed up to do an early repeat of the Black Dike on Cannon. ...

This short video profiles a late afternoon workout on Owl's Head. After a full day of meetings and computer work, the desk jockey turns...

Greg - our traveling alpinist - is back in Africa with Tori, however on the way back from his geology gig, he stopped for some climbing and ...

Reading the current issue of Vertical - a French alpine magazine that gets translated into English - I saw a blurb about a new video with Ca...

A by-product of yesterday's cragging was that Gary and I made plans for a late June trip to the Cordillera Blanca. The enclosed picture...

A 20 second video from the NCS crag. Hock is just back from three days in Manhattan.

Gary the fossil came up to spend the afternoon cragging. He was also very excited because he got the teaching job at the Lenox High School....