Fossil Alpinism

The heat and humidity have left, the geese have arrived, and I seem to have recovered nicely from the 50k.

What the heck is Hock doing up near the front of the starting line? Needless to say he quickly gravitated toward the back of the pack ... w...

everything is cramping up and they just tapped the keg!  My goal was to finish in eight hours, and I was just a few minutes off finishing ...

For touring our national parks when he retires ... I want one. (I snapped this photo after I picked up my bib.)

for the ADK80k.

Inspecting the race course.

Before or after we climb I would like to do this run or the actual 55k OCC race during the last week of August. Take a look at this short v...

2.5 laps of this course, which is an equal measure of wide, grassy, Olympic nordic trails and gnarly single track mountain bike trails.

The shorter Cathedral Traverse is still on my bucket list. From the Gripped website ...

Not available in the states yet, but a review well worth reading ... http://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2016/08/simon-mccartneys-bondreview...

Well worth reading ...

The article by Rick Accomazzo is worth the price of the issue. His reflections on his early ice climbing career with Tobin Sorenson, on Val...

Cabelas the REI for the hunting and fishing crowd.

Glad I saved my 1970s Mountain Equipment half-bag ... seems like it is coming back into fashion.

Almost 18 hours, a touch under 10,000 vertical, 70k running/hiking, 8k on the ergometer, and tons of yoga ... a great week.

A Fine Line from Nevis Landscape Partnership on Vimeo . In the late 1970s I did this classic route with Jon Waterman in the winter, ne...

Hiked up to High Camp (6k and 2000') with Callie and then a free tram ride down. Spent a little time watching Mark on the job site r...

Donner Summit to Squaw Valley is a must do hike or run!

SKATING & CLASSIC from Neveplast on Vimeo . With Americans unable to get serious about tackling climate change maybe this is where ...

A spectacular 25k run/hike with great views the entire way on an 8000+ foot ridge, and a total gain of 3500'.

A gym workout, olympics, and a day at the beach. Another big 20k run tomorrow from Donner Summit to Squaw.

Awesome day; great views and 18k with 2500'. Thanks Danny.

I used this as a tempo workout running at my 50k projected pace between 8:30-9:00 minutes per kilometer.

and El Presidente can now drink a shot of whiskey with his injured arm!

Getting ready to start the 30K trail run, and 10 minutes later the 17K trail that I did. With my warm-up and warm down I did 25k this morni...

However, it also means the International Olympic Committee - the organizing body - gets to meet, and guess what: Ski Mountaineering seems li...

Looking forward to seeing El Presidente and the Greyfox! The weather looks great for bouldering, hiking, and trail running.

Of eligibility for the junior nationals, and on her stomping grounds no less! I am hoping she manages another All-American performance at t...