Fossil Alpinism

Almost finished with this delightful and entertaining collection of essays. He certainly can turn a phrase and deliver one-liners. A few ex...

Halfway to Colby College to see my daughter's nordic races, I stopped to stretch my legs with some uphilling with my good buddy Dick. Th...

I love my Mustah Ata (right) set up. It works pretty well on both piste and off piste, and is lighter than many other ski mountaineering set...

Did a couple of laps to the pass on the north side of Pitchoff. The ice looked nice and fat, but despite moderate temperatures nobody climbi...

The carnival was combined with the high level domestic Super Tour series, and an Eastern junior National qualifier.  Functionally what this ...

Quite humorous. Quite irreverent. Quite relevant. Quite inexpensive.  BIFF (aka Jeffrey Bergeron) is self effacing, and has a seemingly neve...

Interesting article from ROCK AND ICE. https://rockandice.com/features/speed-will-the-future-of-alpinism-belong-to-runners/?fbclid=IwAR1J8Fr...

I spent the morning volunteering to help out with a high school nordic race. As always, I went out skiing on the Olympic Trails late in the...

I was up skiing and cheering for my daughter at Craftsbury Vermont. The Harvard college carnival races were relocated because of insufficien...

Yahoo. We had six inches of new snow when I took Stash out for an hour long tour at 7 am. Several hours later when I left for Craftsbury, we...

College buddies looking to revisit a winter spent in Saas Fe 45 years ago, talked me into it.  They are going over to lift ski, while I am s...

This winter has vacillated between good snow conditions and deep thaws. For probably the third or fourth time, I am back to skiing on a half...

Most of us exist for most of the time in worlds which are humanly arranged, themed, and controlled. One forgets that there are environments ...

Well, like today, not all those days have been glorious! The picture below says it all, as the Hockmobile was the only car in the no...

I am greatly in need of this article and these exercises. https://www.outsideonline.com/2407208/shoulder-pain-exercises-rotator-cuff-injury ...

Rapidly rising temperatures and a drizzle, dampened the spirits a bit yesterday, but the skiing was terrific. (FYI ... no explosive charges ...

Thankfully, I am no longer in that category, as I retired last summer. So, I am now able to optimize workouts, recovery, nutrition, family, ...

A bit pricey, but a very engaging book. He had so many adventures over his climbing life, and today, probably most climbers know of the Stec...

It is just a touch below zero, and will warm rapidly to 15 degrees on this sunny day. However, a front moves in around midnight, with winds ...

Well worth a look at the Wild Snow website ... https://www.wildsnow.com/27407/skialper-magazine-2020-buyer-guide-reader-survey/

https://vimeo.com/383085788

There are quite a few gifts - posters, mugs, and T-shirts - that I see on his website shop that will make great presents for some of my Foss...

As the calendar year drew to an end, early in the new year the Hockmobile will be finished and fully kitted out. The bed frame (converts int...

Everyone in the world probably knows this, but it seems that my iPhone just puts videos together automatically from my photo collecti...

I am about to order a copy of the first biography written in English, Paul Preuss: Lord Of The Abyss. He was a seminal figure in climbing an...

Every year Strava does mult-media summary of your training; often the presentation is in a video format.  (I actually prefer this more stati...

Dawn Patrol and uphilling at Whiteface.

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2019/12/snowshoe-thompson-a-badass-mailman-who-brought-backcountry-skiing-to-the-west/

But, I continue to find places to ski, however I am doing more running than anticipated. Despite the dismal snow, the sunsets never fail...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqpbU1Y3bU&feature=emb_title

Selden, Lucy, and I had a wonderful Christmas morning.   Lucy's presents centered around books and clothing fit for interviews, or ...

Often windier than you like; frequently lacking snow on the turns; and usually a plethora of footprints in the first mile. Still, this is a ...

Lucy was home from college for about eight hours before she headed off to this three race series at Craftsbury. These trials were to pick on...

I found this link on the Wild Snow website ... the go to site for all things pertaining to ski mountaineering.   https://www.ispo.com/en/tre...

Despite a heavy academic load in her senior year at St. Lawrence University. Despite not having any shooting practice since October, Lucy na...