Fossil Alpinism

I read Gwen Moffat's autobiography - SPACE BELOW MY FEET - decades ago. As Britain's first female mountain guide, she was breaking a...

http://adventure-journal.com/2016/04/setting-into-the-rhythm-of-a-ski-towns-off-season/

They rolled the Olympic nordic trails but unfortunately I was stuck in the office and could not get out to ski.

The valley trails are firm, and will sprout spring beauties soon. Of course, Lucy said up high on Algonquin its icy and micro-spikes are def...

A short, entertaining video ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5HiyXSJww&ebc=ANyPxKobyZavFX8K-OIR3HwcGIk6i9TiNpv8Sti9v8TS_HCK_a-DmhM...

https://rootsrated.com/stories/for-week-of-4-11-mountain-running-legends-of-boulder

http://youtu.be/Yd-gbDcD-bU

https://vimeo.com/162381031

I did four short and easy trail runs this week between 25-45 minutes long, supplemented by yoga, and the rowing machine.

https://vimeo.com/159821179

Yesterday was spectacular; today, and the rest of the weekend will be equally as brilliant. Whiteface closes Sunday. The last boil in the NC...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/science/california-snow-drought-sierra-nevada-water.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&click...

Heading home on the red-eye.

The knee felt a bit better, and I had a good skin up the summer road.

A very comprehensive tome, and I am just re-reading the section on Nansen and the Fram.

I will end my season in Utah. I am heading out to Alta for four days in 48 hours - it's work, an alumni ski reunion - somebody has to do...

Doing laps at Whiteface. Thankfully, this is not too painful on the knee! I might go back this afternoon.

Two weeks after I tweaked my knee I can barely get up Owls Head! I feel like a very old man, and while it was great to get out and see the ...

A great story of a Nepalese child soldier in the Maoist army who morphs into a big-time international trail runner https://vimeo.com/onde...

I am re-reading this classic for the third or fourth time. The definitive spoof of British expedition narratives from the golden age of Hima...

Maybe we can tackle sections of this when Brian retires to Durango. Read the Adventure Journal article below ... http://adventure-journal...

Happy Easter. Click on the link to watch a video update about her important March races. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TyGeQHhpbM

A short but important video from WILD SNOW ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1AcqkCPm4lY

Wednesday night we got a short skin in before sunset, and tomorrow Guillaume and I will do 3-4 laps before we head south and north.

Fantastic evening short video ... http://www.outsideonline.com/2061176/why-we-love-national-parks?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=soci...

Lucy had three top 10 performances, including a fourth place in the 5K ski race.

Beautiful day at Snowmass ... it was hard to keep up as he pointed them straight down hill.

Hope there is still snow at the jumps when I get back.

Oops ... Obviously grabbed the wrong clip-on sunglasses!

A nice short morning run on the Flatiron Vista Trail. In the afternoon I skinned for a couple of hours on the Jenny Creek Trail adjacent to ...

Not this year!

Thankfully the man-made snow at the ski jumps is holding up.

In 1957 the Swiss publication MOUNTAIN WORLD featured a famous 24 page article with many of his stunning high resolution photographs of Dena...