Fossil Alpinism

The first afternoon and the first full day in Zermatt were good ones with some good turns and hikes exploring Winkelmatten, Sunnega, Tufter...

A wonderful run on the Lacy road with Stash; and afternoon laps on the East Mountain loop, stopping to catch my breath at the top of Harry...

With climate change rapidly advancing, traditional seaside tourism has been flooded, people need to vacation in the Alps or other high mount...

This article in the Wall Street Journal, about the shifting of the watershed, and the border between two countries, can be accessed by the l...

Spent a couple hours with Gary climbing in the Cascade Lakes area.

Plenty of skiing left ... Zermatt, Montana, Whiteface, Mount Van Hoevenberg, Avalanche Lake, Mount Marcy, Tuckermans Ravine, and the Chic-ch...

FYI ... No mountaineering, skiing, or training content in this post. But, more than a decade ago, NCS alumnus Richard Rockefeller suggested ...

Enjoy this video - light hearted and existential at times - of Alex Honnold and Renan Ozturk.   https://vimeo.com/236787722  

My four goals for the trip are: - skin up a minimum of 15,000' including at least skiing up some of the minor 3000 meter peaks (Rothorn,...

The next to last carnival relocated to Mount Van Hoevenberg featured a 10k classic race and a 3x5k skate relay. My good buddy Len came up on...

Three or four years ago, I saw a science article about clinical research being done on robotic exoskeletons as an alternative to surgery for...

Great article from the New York Times ... no doubt trail, mountain, and ultrarunners will be rooting for him.  https://www.nytimes.com/...

Just got in from a 45 minute tour, testing the Voile skis in touring (fish scale) mode. Obviously a real boon to use them without skins, on ...

Skiing on a used pair of Voile AT skis from High Peaks Cyclery, and they were awesome. The day before I skied them up the Toll Road.

Use this link to access their plan in a printable pdf format. https://www.uphillathlete.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/TftNA-General-Strengt...

It is no secret, that whichever aspect of this sport you subscribe to, there is much that is not environmentally stable.   The electricity g...

While I have read and enjoyed this book, as well as the companion, Training for the Uphill Athlete, they may be too dense and not everyone...

It all seems unchoreographed, and like so much Chaos - starting generators, testing skis, parents setting up tailgating tables, jogging to w...

An unbelievably challenging day, with mixed precipitation necessitating last minute waxing changes, and racers sprinting to the mass start. ...

Especially important if you trail run, ski, climb, or cycle. https://semi-rad.com/2020/02/6-charts-about-weather/

Sunny and temperatures in the 20s; a perfect day to ski up the Whiteface Toll Road, and the afternoon running laps on Pitchoff Left.

In the morning Stash and I spent 90 minutes skiing on the Whiteface Toll Road, as I was trying some demo AT gear. Then in the afternoon I ha...

The Crested Butte to Aspen Grand Traverse, and the Zermatt To Verbier Patrouille des Glaciers.  Two races, and two years to upgrade skills, ...

A short little essay that puts your winter trials and tribulations in perspective. As for Mount Washington, having spent a winter as a caret...

One of my retirement goals was to see almost all of Lucy's races this year ... so yesterday was the ninth race I spectated at. Colby Col...

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...