Fossil Alpinism

I am not sure how I feel about rock climbing in the Olympics. Sure, I was in the crowd watching an early World Cup in the 1980s at Snowbird,...

A front is moving in, and we are due for snow on Friday.

https://rockandice.com/tuesday-night-bouldering/tnb-the-big-freaking-deal-aint-bouldering/

A few bright moments: physically feel good, I can jump back into full on training tomorrow, my first 4K were faster than I have run in years...

It's hard to imagine, but if this generation of climbers can do it, then these two are the most likely candidates.  https://www.adventur...

His poetry is often doggrel, but it spoke to the drifters, the gold rush, and the trappers. I read a bit in the Fossil Cabin, before and aft...

No announcement for opening day yet, but I am guessing the second week in November.

On October 25th Foret Montmorency, just north of Quebec City will open a 2k loop on snow stockpiled from last winter ... take a look.  I thi...

This is the time to get ready for those big, mid-winter ski tours. https://www.wildsnow.com/18228/building-first-aid-and-repair-kits/#more-1...

Summit of Mount Van Hoevenberg, with Colden, Wright, and Algonquin in the background. Barkley and Pamela relaxing after a long weekend of b...

Whiteface is looking pretty nice!

Wallace Stegner was an important novelist of the 20th century.  In this day and age, when Wilderness is threatened on all sides, it is well ...

Just below the halfway point you put on your skis. Good coverage, although it was crusty. Given conditions I was wishing I brought something...

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I have only done the Traverse in the winter, and so I really can not relate to these unbelievable, almost incomprehensible running times.  H...

An engaging short video about early Norwegian skis found by glacier archaeologists. Well worth your two minute attention ... https://m.youtu...

Jay Mountain Road and fire road to Marcy Dam. The high peaks are Whiteface, Wright, and Colden ... all Adirondack 46ers.

Fantastic footage from Pisco. Check out this video and then visit his Vimeo site ... https://vimeo.com/174022788  

Just me scratching a little anorthosite. After my morning workout I thought it was too nice a day to run this afternoon, and so I hiked up ...

I remember reading about the first ascent in the National Geographic article when I was in high school.   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QDDG...

A sauna once a week was on my list of retirement goals. The sauna that Selden made for the Fossil Cabin over a decade ago, has perhaps been ...

This race long ago was in the local news recently, as a land use plan for the Sentinel Wilderness Area is being revised.

Of course, college nordic teams train all summer long at home. For the month of September, Lucy and the two other captains have been running...

There is still a bunch of work to be done, but the nameplate is on the dash, plans are drawn up and I will be camping at every college ski r...

By the end of the week, I will have almost run 70k and well over 4000' vertical. I am feeling pretty comfortable with the volume ... ho...

Lots of rain, but next week we will have a run of nice days and am looking forward to bouldering outside. Still, I seem to be getting more c...

That means the ski season is rapidly approaching. If truth be told, I always ski once or twice in October. Often that amounts to one morning...

In the early 1970s while in college I caught the climbing bug.  During this time, I learned to rappel out of third story dorm windows. I com...

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Getting started in Chamonix with a day on the town; enjoying the Refugio Elisabetta at the end of a long day; the tired guide catching a lit...