Fossil Alpinism

The best guy's time for US Biathlon team is 13+ minutes, and for the gals 15 minutes and change. My 26:09 was about 90 seconds better t...

https://www.uphillathlete.com/podcast-aging-athlete/

It's not fully up to speed, but some of my Garmin workouts from the last four days have been uploaded to Strava. Rumor is that they were...

For my recent 68th birthday, I got a copy of Running To The Edge: a band of misfits, and the guru who unlocked the secrets of speed.  A terr...

Their server may have been hacked, and it's been 24 hours without my data display. Not that I am in danger of losing "local legend...

The first time on the track in several years. A 6k workout with 2 X 1000 meters. A rude awakening but a nice change of pace getting the h...

Obviously this is very much a long shot; but in the next seven days I will upload 40k of trail running for the UTMB virtual challenge. This...

Lucy, also had a strong effort in a recent 10k time trial at Crosscut Mountain. I am hoping the US Team selection races in October will no...



Since the first military conflict in 1965, the 2100 mile contested Himalayan border between India and China, has been a tension filled hotsp...

At the low end of their price points, after a couple of days I am pleasantly surprised. The battery life of the GPS-HRM smart watch seems go...

Also of course, remembering to dismount, and close our pasture gate so the cows don't get out.

A good day hike over in Vermont with two college buddies.

Street and Nye on the horizon.

 Oh well, not a great surprise considering the continued surge in Covid cases. 

In Europe and Scandinavia, nordic racers use ski tunnels for training in the summer. (Of course, they also ski on glaciers or travel to New ...

I also managed 50k running and 33k on my mountain bike.

It seems like only yesterday, but a year ago I celebrated my birthday running trails in the Peruvian Andes with my daughter Lucy. We spent t...

But still good training! An early morning (cool temps) trip up Owls Head, followed by 30 minutes on the ergometer. In the late afternoon I d...

The domestic and international Sky Race series, often contest what they call a Vertical Kilometer. I did this gut and lung busting event ma...

At just under 10,000 feet, Sacagawea is the highest point in this range, just outside of Bozeman. Lucy and a few nordic teammates ran up it...

Which included some nice trail running, hiking some easy summits, a bit of top roping, a couple of strength training and ergometer sessions...

My physical preparation for a fall climbing/hiking trip to either the Tetons or Sierras seems to be going well. I am trail running, hiking, ...

A very experienced climbing couple, on a climbing sabbatical, decide they need to increase aerobic capacity if they are going to successfull...

My daughter Lucy is settling in nicely: training is going well, she got a job working for a local political campaign, and she got her first ...

A couple of days ago, I spent a pleasant hour bouldering on the summit of Owls Head.

 I am re-reading the nove, Racing The Rain which is the prequel to the cult classic, Once A Runner. In the very first chapter, Parker seems...

It seems that only finding the camera will ever "truly" solve the mystery, of whether Mallory and Irvine made it to the summit of...

 This is a pretty incredible study, finding that within 30 years, only ten of the past 19 host cities would have a climate able to host a W...

Globally, one of the larger sporting events, in terms of numbers of participants, is the FISU, or World University Games which Lake Placid ...

It looks like the EU may not let Americans in this summer, because we have not got our act together on Covid 19. Hopefully, that will chan...

Take a look ... well worth eight minutes! Truly impressive. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=emb_title&v=RidVHxFdQTw&time_continu...

I started the day with an easy row, heading out for a trail run with my dog, and maybe this afternoon try a new strength regime.

Despite yesterday's forecast of an afternoon filled with rain and thunderstorms, we only had 30 minutes of precipitation in the early ev...

A current day backcountry ski guide shares her thoughts on the post World War II women who led the way. Woolsey was best known as a skier,...

The weather has been incredible for so long, you almost begin to take it for granted! This of course, hardly is ever the case in the 'da...