Fossil Alpinism

On my last trip to China my host gave me a bottle of China's very best – moutai. This time he gave me a bottle of the best from a diffe...

Lucy's friend, helping us move to the Round Lake Cottage, on seeing the 70+ boxes of books packed into liquor boxes remarked: "You ...

The morning view from the screened in sleeping porch ... great to be back in the Adirondacks.

Massively jet-lagged and lacking sleep, I did a nice 6k run on the biathlon and mountain bike trails.

Congratulations to Lydia - Ted's daughter - who finished 12th in the CCC. The lead runners are just approaching the finish of the UTMB. ...

After a 14 hour flight from Shanghai to Chicago, and a PR in the O'Hare 5k time trial ... I still missed my connection by a view minut...

For over 2000 years the Confucian exams were the passport to a government post and a better life. We visited the old Imperial College in the...

We explored the old Imperial College, as well as Confucian and Buddhist temples. We also toured the ancient section of old Beijing.

A very nice room on the 70th floor, a dinner, a full day of sightseeing, and a 40 person reunion tomorrow.

We have had stunning weather this week ... I'll be off the grid for about five days.

Blurring the line between ultra-running and mountaineering in the Swiss Alps. Spectacular footage ... http://m.epictv.com/brand/adidas-ou...

I will get home a few hours to late from China for the 50k that Brian Delaney puts on, so I may jump into this race on Labor Day Weekend.

A short, but important article. It is written about coaching runners, however it's equally applicable to skiers and climbers. Check out ...

A 90 minute jog up and down Mount Van Hoevenberg from the Adirondack Loj Road.

In the next week or two, she hits the highest training volume and load for the off-season. After that she cuts back on distance and puts...

A hilly five-miler, on a dirt road, down in Keene by the Barkeater ... the views don't get much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qo-La-zkPY&sns=em

Separated at birth? My son - huge movie fanatic - was watching the old classic, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, and noticed the uncanny r...

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/sports/racing-to-reach-the-sky.html

http://adventure-journal.com/2015/08/a-mountain-oasis-in-the-talkeetnas/

After a few days shaking off jet-lag and catching up at work, I went for a 90+ minute run on the Dewey Mountain nordic trails. (I went to Sa...

Being on the edge. Getting close to the edge. Not wanting to go over the edge. The cutting edge ... Climbers are always talking about it, so...

http://youtu.be/GbZBtcKMmpo

The guys share stories about a first lead in Smith Rocks, an ice climb from the seventies, a rainy trip to Rainier, and of course, the Black...

http://youtu.be/o5-fubUfPKc

To see an NCS alumnus. And I had a short hike near Copper Mountain on the return trip. Flying home today.

On my way to see alumni in Aspen.

I spent most of the day catching up on work emails, however I did a nice run on a dirt road – 6 km and 1000 vertical – in just under an hour...