Fossil Alpinism

I hiked 5 easy kilometers uphill to this lunch stop on the side hills where cattle and sheep had been grazing. A pretty spectacular view of...

After 36 hours of traveling I made it to La Casa de Zarela for the last bits of a glorious sunset. I spent the evening sipping a beer at t...

I believe that next to the Tibetan plateau this is the largest and highest upraised portion of the Earth's surface.

Well the bus made it over the cordillera negra and we got our first view of the southern part of the cordillera Blanca. Now the long desce...

Morning rush hour in Lima ... Other than the persistent diesel fumes and morning fog, the incessant taxi horns are the memories I have of ...

Sipping chai at the airport Starbucks, and waiting for the crowd to thin out before I pull out the bivy sack for the night. I am hoping to ...

Thanks Matt ... starting to look like an alpinist again.

Of course we also celebrated my son Jon's 27th birthday, and belated Selden's 55th birthday. For Father's Day I got the awe...

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The first and last third went quite well, however the middle third, with its beaver dam, sucking bog, technical terrain, and scre...

In an interview with John Morton - biathlon Olympian, former national team coach, author, and CEO of Morton Trails - he talks about the di...

Kilian Jornet  set a new speed record of 11 hours, 40 minutes roundtrip on Denali's (McKinley's) West Buttress route in Alaska as ...

Teaser Marathon du Mont-Blanc 2014 - Skyrunning World Championships from Marathon du Mont-Blanc on Vimeo . If this doesn't get you ...

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Lucy getting advice from Algis, former national team coach and Olympic gold medalist. The US Team is doing a major youth development movem...

Lots of work, family, and logistical stuff to do. However, I am ramping up the workouts, adding plenty of vertical and volume, to get...

Looks like Edward Kenney and I may give it a go. I will have to hustle to make the cut-off at 35k.

Yes, Kilian's run up and down from town in 2:52 was spectacular, but lest we forget, this can be a real bad-ass mountain. CLICK HER...

Coming back from St. Paul's we stopped to do a bit of hiking ... a beautiful day driving in the foothills of the white mountains, get...

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After a long workout on Sunday, and too little sleep over the past few days, I took it pretty easy on Monday. However, I vowed that each da...

2014 NCS Graduation and my 40th College Reunion.

Hoping to do both the West face of Tocclaraju and the North face of Ranralpalca. I leave in 16 days.

Lucy comes home in five days, and we are very excited. Her year has gone well, she has scored very high on a couple of finals thus fa...

With beta, directions to crags and bouldering areas, as well as photos, to almost every climbing area (big and small) in America, th...

It looks like the wet season is over! I arrive in Huaraz in 22 days.

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Working For The Weekend 6: Spring in Tuckerman Ravine from Ski The East on Vimeo . Another ski season come and gone.  I have to put th...

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In the picture, on the far left, with Mallory on the far right, he was one of those multi-talented, hard as nails, British climbers and ...

This was Lucy's first year doing track and St. Paul's had a good season. Yesterday at the championships hosted by Northfield Mount ...

After I acclimatize with Alejandro and Maria on Urus and Ishinca, while Gary and John are getting used to the altitude in Huaraz, I am ...