Fossil Alpinism

Watch the short video ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvp5ny1pHe0

At the New England Prep School Championships she won the individual skate race, and then skied a fast classical lead-off leg in the relay, w...

A short Fossil gathering with Danny and Mark.

It's a small loop, but the quality is high - good views, good vertical, and highly technical.

Erring Strom lived an adventurous life, and was involved in many early exploits in the history of North American skiing. Among other things ...

This has been a frustrating and depressing winter for eastern skiers. Normally, I might have switched some of my attention back to ice cli...

To say it is "old-school" is an understatement! However, read this short article assessing his kit ... Seems to be pretty decent ...

Read this short provocative article in the New York Times. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/which-type-of-exercise-is-best-for-th...

http://www.tetongravity.com/story/news/black-diamond-issues-voluntary-recall-on-carabiners-and-runners

If it were not for snow making the eastern prep school and college circuit would have been a washout this year ... just as the European Wo...

So, yesterday for us was Valentine's Day. A special dinner, homemade cards, and dressing up in red, white, pink, and purple.

For those of you not skiing the Birkie, it seems like the film will get distributed later in the year. http://www.newsinenglish.no/2015/...

While New York City had its  coldest start to Valentine's Day in 100 years  on Sunday, it would seem balmy compared with the wicked wind...

Coffee. Whiskey. An implement to serve dessert with. It was good to see Harry, Ted, and Dick.

Guess what? By 9:45 am it warmed up to -18 degrees and we headed out to MVH. By the time we finished - 90 minutes later - it was a bal...

A dawn patrol skin up Whiteface, and 12 easy kilometers at MVH with multiple stops at Josie's Cabin to warm up.

http://www.filmweb.no/trailere/article1254528.ece?clip=1

Quite good really ... no doubt who the better leader was!

A little ice, a twist or two of lemon, and local ingredients makes a nice sipping drink.

Last week Brian and Gary met in the Catskills to do some routes. Gary was up this weekend, and will be back with Brian the week after next.

Quite rare that I'm still doing the dawn patrol in February, however given the lack of snow this is one of the best alternatives. In the...

I joined the NCS tele-patrol from 3:30-6:00 pm at Mount Pisgah. I was outfitted in gear from the 1970-80s ... Gerry expedition parka, leathe...

Spectacular sunset and great skiing once the high school race was over ... maybe I can ski there in the pre-dawn hours?

Cascade Loop laps.

I will bring this and some Blackfly Bourbon to our next gathering of the fossil clan.

The premier domestic ski races have come East. This weekend 350 nordic racers had a freestyle sprint competition on Saturday and a classic 1...

A stunning short trailer ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3-TXEUb97Wk&ebc=ANyPxKqqQyVIMzaD7cyAv-4DSJAza2cktGJiGPbmxckCMKRKFAgY6pikqU...

The classic long distance marathons are routinely won with just double poling. Occasionally sprint courses are just won by double poling. Ho...

Hard to imagine this regimen, and that it has a brute like Noah Hoffman thinking that maybe he's a whimp training a mere 1000 hours a ye...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2iiHGIgxSA&sns=em

I will post the link to the race video this afternoon. The order of the finish: 1. Norway 2. USA 3. Finland

Having just read a column in the New York Times this morning about Albert Camus, I remembered fondly how much I treasured reading him in col...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I6UGj9aWCnU&ebc=ANyPxKpErZK1GaPErK7-YvRSYQRFGD7VCpXiV_orNqSnawKiBvPmKViJx6VVZoTqCYD58Jjr4e6WNdj9eXZbxcbCM6...