Fossil Alpinism

Well we had three flights, some long layovers, and 24 hours of travel to get to Lima at 5am this morning. We had breakfast and hung out in t...

La Casa de Zarela, Cordillera Blanca, and the Cordillera Huayhuash, here we come!

Stash and I went out for 45 minutes; in less than 24 hours I will be flying to Peru. My next runs will be between 10-14,000' chasing my ...

I good morning workout - 50 minutes of yoga and ergometer - followed by a 75 minute afternoon run. The rest of the day was all about signing...

Selden's sister and her husband are antique postcard dealers, and so many years ago for Christmas and my birthday, they started my postc...

Earlier this week, Lucy's biathlon training group, as well as the best older juniors in New England (REG ... regional elite group as ide...

Michael Joyner , the Mayo Clinic physiologist and human performance expert, once asked to distill all the research on athletic performance c...

I wish I could have been at the reunion, but I will be there next year. We were undefeated, and I believe we were probably the best team in ...

An important essay about this recent research study. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/spy-satellite-images-reve...

The draft itinerary I shared with my daughter is enclosed below. The annotation is to let her know that there will be ample opportunities f...

A productive four days on the road, but wow it has left me tired as hell.  However, it was a great way to relax and stretch out those tight ...

The days of maniacal scouting and scrubbing boulders is clearly past. However, I have spotted some gems on my frequent trail running routes....

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/19/himalayan-glacier-melting-doubled-since-2000-scientists-reveal

Today, on my way home from work I stopped across the street to see how her intervals were going. She feels fitter than other years, and is h...

After our snowiest Adirondack winter in 2001 one of our teachers did the first tele-descent of the Direct Route on the NCS Main Building.

https://mountainjournal.org/nature-and-wildlife-explored-through-art

Possibly the best female alpinist ever, in this short video Catherine Destivelle, talks about her 1994, solo ascent of the Bonatti Route on ...

I came across this essay and so pulled out my very old, and battered, copy published by Ace Books. This excellent review by Dennis Gray, and...

Most often, an interval workout like this (repetitions of four minutes fast, and two minutes active recovery) would be done as “combos,” r...

Watch this 20 second video of one of his recent "runs." https://www.instagram.com/p/BylDcfDHCmB/

Lucy and I leave for Peru on July 4th. After 3-4 different day trips we will head into the Ishinca valley for three days. We will stay at t...

Excellent video. Wonderful footage of the Sierras and the Tahoe Rim Trail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQSiygnDm-U

I had a nine-hour car trip which I broke up with a stop at Sandy's Books and Bakery, as well as some hiking on Whaleback Ski Area on the...

The run/hike to Laguna Shallap is a 17k out-and-back route which Lucy and I might do after a couple of days of acclimatization. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/world/asia/mount-everest-deaths-history-photos.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

The morning after we arrive in Huaraz, Lucy and I will plan to do an 8k run in the  Cordillera Negra. A relatively gentle hike, but it gains...