Fossil Alpinism

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Uehli Steck solos THS South Face of Annapurna. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT IT.

A STANCE OF WONDER by Mark Rodell is an engaging page-turner. The journal sections of the fictional character Conrad at times can be confu...

One of the many reasons it is hard to get down to fighting weight is because I am the head of a boarding school where all day long the kitch...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A SHORT VIDEO TO GET YOU PSYCHED FOR SKI MOUNTAINEERING.

In 1861, Edward Whymper made the first of many attempts on the Matterhorn. As he describes in Chapter IV of Scrambles Amongst The Alps, he w...

In the late 1970s I was on a leave of absence from my teaching job, and had spent the summer in Scotland and the Alps, the Fall in Yosemite ...

No doubt there is more to worry about in this government shutdown than the ire of the climbing community, however I am never voting for anyo...

CLICK HERE FOR A FREE DOWNLOAD OF WHYMPER'S CLASSIC, FOR YOUR NEXT LONG DRIVE, APPROACH HIKE, OR BIG WALL.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A WALL STREET JOURNAL VIDEO OF THEM TRAINING.

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Opinionated, and most always on target, Dane's COLD THISTLE blog has a nice short review to give some good consumer advice. CLICK HERE.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SLIDESHOW AND TALK FROM JUST A FEW DAYS AGO ...fast forward to the 30 minute mark to skip the commercials.

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CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE FILM BEFORE YOU WATCH IT. Pre's People from Brad Jenkins on Vimeo .

MOVE from ARC'TERYX on Vimeo .

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ALPINIST ARTICLE AND INTERVIEW.

GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN 2013 from PLAN B on Vimeo . It seems a long way off, however my experience is that if I do not lock in firm c...

A TERRIFIC FIELD OF RUNNERS, AN EARLY WINTER STORM, AND A VERY COMPETITIVE 100K ULTRA RACE OF CHAMPIONS. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL REPORT.

Given these crazy thoughts, I may hop in the car at 3 am on Saturday morning, drive to New Hampshire, and run a half-marathon to see if I ca...

In a five team meet, Lucy again placed just outside the top ten, but finished much stronger than her first race. She finished 13th of 79 run...

With glaciers melting all over the world, a metal box full of rubies, sapphires, and emeralds was found on the Bossons glacier, a remnant fr...

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Art Of Skinning with Donny Roth from Dynafit North America on Vimeo .

One of my favorite workouts on campus takes about 70 minutes. It involves 4k of hiking, 500', and between 5-8 laps on an easy 5.2 rock c...

Trail Running Dolomites Alta Via #1 from holimites.com on Vimeo .

We started our drive to central Massachusetts at 4:30 am, and were back on campus at 8 pm. Our ten junior boarding schools had a collaborati...

It was a busy weekend, traveling to Rhode Island and then Vermont to see alumni. Of course an added bonus was that I was able to see Lucy...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A TRUE FOSSIL CLIMBING ROUTES AT 90 YEARS OLD.

In a four school meet with about 60 girls, St. Paul's won handily, and Lucy finished the 5k course in 24:02, finishing 13th. SPS had the...

Running laps on our hilly sugarbush loop, with the rest intervals doing yoga and bouldering. I was out for 90 minutes, in gorgeous weather, ...

A MUST READ ON WILL GADD'S SITE.

CLICK HERE TO READ JON WALSH'S TRIP REPORT.

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THIS FORTHCOMING BLACK DIAMOND PRODUCT.

It was a chilly, but beautiful morning on the Whiteface Toll Road. I ran up to the halfway point (2.5 mile and 1100') and took some phot...