Fossil Alpinism

I think my college buddies need to pass this article along to their guide (vehemently against these devices) before their next trip to the A...

To read the study click on the link below ... http://www.news.ku.edu/2012/april/23/outdoors.shtml

Earlier this week I was surfing through the Amazon.com "free streaming" movie collection to find some videos that I could watch wh...

As I headed out on the beginning of the Porter Mountain Loop yesterday for the last ski tour of the season, I could't help but give a th...

After I returned from Alta, I almost put the skis away down at the Fossil Cabin. However, on second thought I reminded myself that, after al...

Folding laundry last night, I snapped this picture of Selden's favorite T-shirt. There is more than a grain of truth here!

This summer I intend to be away for three weeks to celebrate my 60th birthday. At present the two most likely options are Peru and the Alp...

Maybe this afternoon, rather than ski on this snow, I will head out to the crag and pretend I am mixed climbing on a big alpine face!

We have three inches of snow this morning so I may head out on rock skis today. However, on Saturday I had a good 70 minute hike on our 4K, ...

Yesterday over 12,000 people raced in one of the largest Nordic marathon races in the world. Johaug won, and the Norwegian women swept the p...

Today Lucy and a few ther NCSers had their first sampling of a real biathlon race with a .22 caliber rifle. They only shot prone - at 30 met...

CLICK HERE TO READ THIS SHORT ESSAY.

Glacier d'Argentière Mont-Blanc massif dry tooling by tvmountain

The day after I snapped this picture at our reunion a couple of local hardcore ski mountaineers, we're pushing things in the new snow wh...

CLICK HERE ... to read a trip report about a col du passion tour. Even I have put my skis away after my WASATCH trip, however those Euros ke...

Lucy and a bunch of NCSers recently hiked up Giant Mountain ... Amazingly for April they were able to get to the top without snowshoes or cr...

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Great to be back in the Wasatch, after 10 inches of snow last night and 6-8 more today, the clouds learned and we got our first view of Supe...

I am obviously a little worse for wear - too little sleep, too much time on the plane, and too little time at altitude. An hour after I lan...

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FAMOUS LETTER WRITTEN BY WALLACE STEGNER WHICH WAS USED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BILL WHICH CREATED TH...

Click here to go to the Break Through On Skis website. Fantastic. The work of Lito Tejada Flores, it also showcases Dick Doworth, and other ...

Are you old enough to remember these coveted purple sacks, how about the Rivendell, or the Whillans Alpinist? CLICK HERE TO SEE A TIMELINE O...

When I hit the rowing machine and the yoga mat, I usually channel surf to keep from going crazy watching the odometer. So, a cable channel ...

CLICK HERE TO READ A SHORT ARTICLE ON THE NORTH FACE BLOG.

My goal is to do at least two or three workouts a week on the ski hill loop. The loop is about 3k, with 350 vertical, and it includes the o...

Miro: an extraordinary ski mountaineering racer, as well as top of the heap running alpine trails ... obviously a cutie ... don't we fos...

CLICK HERE TO READ A SUMMARY OF AN IMPORTANT GEOPHYSICAL STUDY CONDUCTED ON THE FAMOUS PEAK.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SUPERB PHOTOGRAPHY AND TRIP REPORT ON THE ALPINE EXPOSURES WEBSITE.

THOSE OF YOU THAT FOLLOW THE COLD THISTLE BLOG KNOW THAT DANE IS SERIOUS ABOUT HIS GEAR. CLICK HERE TO SEE HIS RECENT RENOVATIONS TO A PAIR ...

The flock is grazing in the pasture, the cabin has a good supply of wood, the sauna is complete, and now all we need is for the Ewing family...

A must watch for my Union College buddies, especially Dick!

The Tour du Rutor with three stages, is second only to the Pierra Menta as the burly randonnee race.

After months on the road, and scores of races, after the Super Tour Finals and the 30k National Championships ... A bunch of women from the ...

Anyone who has climbed or skied in Chamonix has, no doubt, run into these iconic photographic images. For over four generations the Tairraz...

It may be the earliest appearance of my rock shoes in the Adirondacks! Often I have done some climbing in March - Owens River Gorge, Gunks,...

Brian was on a business trip to Europe and sent back this picture of a 1200 year old ski tip, from a Stockholm museum ... Now this is truly ...

The ski area is closed but there is still snow. A bunch of our students hiked up to "Wilderness" on the upper part of the mountin ...

CLICK HERE TO READ THE SHORT ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN.

A fantastic resource for the alpine climber. Click here and read the full text issues of the Alpine Journal for the past 60 years. Articles ...

CLICK HERE TO READ THE SCARPA BLOG.

I never linked them up, but back in the mid-1970s I did all these routes on Teewinot, Mount Owens, and the Grand ... Fabulous alpine routes ...

Just a year ago Carter and my college buddies were cruising these mountains ... however a return trip is in the planning stages for 2013.

Click here to read some interviews with racers before they head up the final hill climb.