Fossil Alpinism

A great little article ... http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/kilian-jornet-sky-runner

No matter how hard you train you need to lighten it up a bit, and with kids nothing does that quite as much as a good game of blog tag or 15...

Today's prep race is home at St. Paul's, wish they had a live feed! Way to ride a flat ski Lulu.

A great short article about mountain trail running on the east side of the Sierras ... http://dolomitesport.com/2010/04/trail-running-in...

Selden snapped this after barn chores ... The beautiful view of Street and Nye from our property.

Lucy had a cough and bad cold, so it was far from her best performance, but probably good enough to get on the mid-Atlantic junior national ...

Touring up the toll road in the morning and then a hilly 16k on the Olympic trails, while watching Lucy's race.

But, great video images of running in the mountains. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1KuYV_cZY4&sns=em

A pretty amazing picture, and look at that guy slack lining!

A wonderful essay profiling who they had to leave out from thus great film ... Bev Johnson, Peter Croft, Yabo, etc. http://neverstopexplo...

A good short essay to read ... http://www.adventure-journal.com/2015/01/the-aj-list-famous-10th-mountain-division-veterans/

The entire school spent the afternoon skiing, which was terrific fun, however the nickname "iceface" was well earned.

Ex-US ski teamer, Holly Brooks won the Dolomitemlauf this past weekend. It reminded me, that my retirement present to myself someday will be...

Makes you want to grab the tools and get after it. Of course, the weather is beautiful, he is wearing a light anorak, the heavy gloves are ...

Dreaming about the east side of the Sierras – clipping and bolts, skinning slopes, hot springs, and hot donuts fresh out of the oven at Scha...

First time ever making it into the quarterfinals.

This is definitely not her favorite event, but maybe she will be energized by this video of the World Cup action entitled THE PERFECT FINI...

With a board meeting coming up, a summit meeting of veteran Treetops staff, not to mention, our ten year accreditation on the horizon, thi...

Although it was -22° in the early morning, the sun came up, and the temperatures warmed rapidly. It was 27° by mid afternoon when I snapped ...

Not exactly my cup of tea. I have slack lined a bit in Camp Four and the Climber's Ranch ... but professional slack liners ... who knew!...

Check out this video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/hD1hrF4-CZU

I believe this hut is outside Landeck, and Harry, Guillaume, and I stopped in during our warmup days before Ted, Dick, and Pete arrived. We ...

Very rare archival video footage ... February 1923 ... these guys were hard. http://www.adventure-journal.com/2015/01/the-daily-pow-first...

What a line! What an adventure! What a climb! Watch this video ...   http://www.patagonia.com/us/fitztraverse?sssdmh=dm23.185309&dmmid=1...

Lucy finished second in 18:13. It was also great to see four other NCS alumni competing. A lot of abrasive snow, with a mix of natural and m...

Yesterday I took Lucy back to St. Paul's for the start of winter term and got there early enough to have her jp into a prep race. There ...

Getting ready to scatter Michael Franklin's ashes from Mount Conness.

However, if you run in the mountains this is worth 60 seconds. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2drqfc_happy-new-year-2015_sport#from=em...

Our students are arriving from the far corners of the globe, so vacation is officially over. Truth be told, with the exception of 3-4 days I...

https://www.wildsnow.com/15329/backcountry-skiing-future-predictions-2015/

If you have not read EVEREST: the west ridge, then you need to. Until then check out an op-Ed in the New York Yimes to whet your appetite. ...

Given that I am also reading two other books, and listening to a third audio-book, I am still working through this delightful gem. And while...

Watch this video I found on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/89966934 It has footage from his record breaking runs up Mount Blanc, Elbrus, and t...

Just started reading John Porter's book about Alex MacIntyre and the rise of light and fast alpinism. The quote on the memorial below th...

Between November and December, today was my 28th day on snow. I also averaged one run a week, several workouts per week on the Ergometer, a...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHORT VIDEO ... http://blogs.fasterskier.com/juniornationals/2014/12/30/video-eastern-cup-opener-pile-up/