Fossil Alpinism

http://weighmyrack.com/Harness/CAMP-Alp-Racing

My first issue was #32 (still have it) which I got when I was hitch-hiking through Scotland while I took a term off from college. Ken Wilson...

http://slc-samurai.blogspot.com/2014/03/how-rando-racing-boots-have-shaped.html?m=1

https://vimeo.com/121045965

Last evening we had a showcase to share what student groups had learned during their week long project period. As always, several of the...

Anyone who has ever skied the Lake Placid Loppet - like I did yesterday - knows that this 1980 Olympic course is a quite challenging. Yest...

We had seven NCS students skiing the 25k loppet, a couple of teachers as skiing chaperones (including me), and the rest of the school work...

I knew Hudon a little bit from the 70s climbing at Rock Rimmon in Manchester New Hampshire, and Ewing knew Max Jones a bit when he was a b...

On Wednesday I received an unexpected and belated Christmas present from Stegs one of my first climbing partners. Ever since I was a kid my ...

Unless you happen to live in New England! Read this short article from the New York Times. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/travel/sn...

http://fasterskier.com/article/kalla-untouchable-in-snowy-world-champs-10-k-skate-diggins-and-gregg-surprise-with-u-s-double-podium/

I suspect this will have to wait until my next lifetime. Having never been back to the San Juans since a trip in 1971, I would love to plan ...

I ran into Pete Metcalf in the Tetons a couple of years before he did this groundbreaking alpine style route, and maybe a decade before he s...

This was not dug by NCS students during their afternoon outdoor time, but dug high up on the Eiger North Face as John Harlin, Layton Kor, an...

Afternoons at North Country School have a wide variety of activities but making snow forts, digging caves, and building quinzhee huts are pe...

Climbing has a great literary history, some important films, a few good theatrical plays, but this is the first opera I know about. htt...

During my first year at NCS I started a friendly competition encouraging students not to specialize, but to go back to a simpler era, and be...

I have liked them for running on dirt roads. However, because of the huge amount of cushioning, they don't really give you any feel for ...

I probably would have added Nansen's FARTHEST NORTH. http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/media/books/the-25--essential--b...

http://slcsherpa.blogspot.com/2015/02/racing-world-and-sun.html

Pretty chilly. With -2 degrees as the high ... who knows what the wind chill is!

http://gripped.com/news/george-mallorys-ice-axe-sold-really/

Clouds, and a dusting of snow moved in last night to moderate the temperatures. I must say, we have not had the brutal lows of some winters ...

St. Paul's was unable to repeat as champion and finished second overall. It all came down to the relay, and despite a large lead complem...

NCS: Backcountry skiing

I own a copy of this video, but I am heading out at 5:30 tonight for beer, snacks, and camaraderie. Of course it's also a great flic!

A historical badass brought to you by Adventure Journal. http://www.adventure-journal.com/2015/02/historical-badass-extreme-sports-pionee...

NCS Nordic at the terrain park

Watch this video I found on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/118217792

Bringing Lucy back to St. Paul's, after a four-day midsemester break.

It snowed all day, however I was stuck in the office all day doing board follow-up. I got out in the evening by headlamp.

Old Forge 5k Race

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