Fossil Alpinism

The work on trails, range, roller ski loop, lodge, and snow making are proceeding at a fast pace.

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qTTGBq04csg

Click on the link below for a great article-photo-video display of the Grand Traverse in the Tetons, done by Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker, Sav...

https://www.relive.cc/view/vKv2RVNyZ4v

Jordan Fields becomes the first person to hold the fastest known time on the "White Mountains Triple Crown" ... AMC hut traverse, ...

Just a few of the many badges I have been awarded while exercising! Yesterday, I perused the seemingly infinite list of badges I can still ...

 https://mountaingazette.com/pages/the-down-and-dirty-history-of-mountain-gazette

I have only climbed in the Needles of South Dakota only once, about 35 years ago. During my 3-4 day stay, my focus was bouldering, and in pa...

Yesterday morning it was 28 degrees, and so I had to bundle up for my morning run. It was casual and my knee is getting better. However, it...

An early morning shakeout on the ergometer, was followed by a 70 minute - bundled up - run in a brilliant, but chilly, 35 degree morning. I...

But the trees are starting to turn colors. Fall is here in the Adirondacks, as we have already had two hard frosts. 

 Over a typical Sky Race, three-day weekend, after the short and brutally steep Vertical Kilometer, there are usually 1-2 longer races.  Th...

Enjoying a glass of Pinot Grigio at the Fossil Cabin while perusing an old favorite, as my dogs frolic in the pasture.

Early in the week I tweaked my knee, as it seemed to momentarily lock up for no particular reason. I backed off focusing on yoga, ergomete...

 Once Covid is behind us there will be a return to the sky running circuit. These most technical and challenging of mountain trail runs com...

 https://trailrunnermag.com/people/two-women-tackle-the-adirondack-46-high-peaks.html

- I read, re-read, or listened to 96 books. - During just the previous month: I ran 135 miles, biked 61 miles, and spent 34 hours doing a...

Undoubtedly, he is the best, most versatile mountain trail runner there is, equally at home on a Vertical Kilometer course, or a technicall...

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web20c/newswire-boardman-tasker-shortlist-2020

 I am reading Jack Kerouac's 1958, semi-autobiographical novel for the umpteenth time. In this book, many of the characters are thinly ...

A 1941 Disney film featuring Goofy, which introduced gelandesprung, slalom, kick turn, and schuss to mainstream America.  Well worth watchi...

For almost two decades the SLU nordic team has used this mountain run as part of their pre-season training. My daughter Lucy has the all-tim...

A beautiful day, which felt like a New England fall day, and not the tail-end of summer. https://www.relive.cc/view/v7O9yGZyoQO

If you are familiar with the Uphill Athlete website you'll not be surprised ... mostly Level 1/2 aerobic fitness, muscular endurance, r...

 "Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow" Both Stulberg and Magness, and the research they cit...

The first in a series of short videos, to interview and capture the ethos of historical climbing figures in America. This video interview is...

For nordic ski racers, that is a pretty common tradition. I catch up on chores, maybe stretch, read a bunch, and often take a sauna. It was...

 An informative podcast In which Coach Jason Koop speaks with Joanna Zeiger, CEO of Canna Research Group and CTS Coach Corrine Malcolm abou...

A rope team, that crosses several generations, with up-and-comer young Jordan Cannon, teamed with Mark Hudon, a hot-shot from the 1970s.  I ...

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 https://treelinejournal.com/sarah-keyes-and-alyssa-godesky-race-to-the-fkt-on-the-46-adirondack-high-peaks/

Another good week in the mountains. I logged 18+ hours of exercise and almost 6000' of vertical. The details included: a couple of s...

Is going well. She loves Montana, the mountains, and her teammates. Take a look at her blog for more photos. https://lucyhoch.wordpress.com/...

Yesterday was a superb summer day, with a hint of Fall in the air.  Up early, I took Stash for a 45 minute jog, before I headed out on my 3+...

Last years UTMB winner, Courtney Dauwalter made a recent attempt on the 500 mile Colorado Trail.  Sabrina Stanley just crushed Nolan's ...

Check out my route on Jay Mt Road and the Upland Meadows loop ... https://www.relive.cc/view/vdORWwNYEr6

"What is it that the long-distant driver and all the other explorers suspect can be found somewhere else but where they are?"     ...

Swimming, and steeply overhanging rock, has certainly never been my forte. At 68 years old, this leopard is not going to change his spots. B...

I combined a big Costco grocery shopping trip with a nice hike. Check out the hike with the link below. https://www.relive.cc/view/vxOQn...

A route in RMNP that included 65 pitches (Up to 5.11), 35 miles, 20,000 vertical feet, in 36.5 hours. I have done 4-5 of those routes, but ...

Yesterday morning, I got an early start anticipating a big crowd on a beautiful day. Terrific hike with a 4K cool down jog afterwards.

While I am getting ready to do a 22 mile trail race in early September, and then later in the Fall, head out west for a hiking/climbing trip...