Fossil Alpinism

Last week's volume was 14.5 hours, and 4550' of vertical. Most of this time was running (30k+), skiing (34k), as well as 21k with ...

It was a frozen, hard, and fast track early this morning. Too say the least, not the best conditions for my Atomic racing skis with skins. ...

Unlike other years, this has challenging terrain for training.  David Hochschartner (Hock)

This Instagram photo reminded me of all the great times I have had over the years soaking in the Travertine or Mammoth hot springs after cli...

It was a blast. They made snow on the roller ski loop, which had some nice downhill corners and good vertical for early season. New World Cu...

Yahoo! It was great to ski yesterday but it's gone today, so I am excited about the consistency of the man-made loop opening up. Back to...

The toll road was actually quite nice, except for a few exposed turns (like this) where the wind blew the snow off. Unfortunately rising tem...

 Spectacular, and hard to imagine, it ever gets climbed ... be sure to watch the final scene! https://vimeo.com/408175270 

Even though I have five days on snow, I am still not fully prepped and ready to go.

I logged 15 hours and just over 6100' vertical this week, with a portion of two sessions at a fast (for me) clip. The specifics includ...

It looks like, despite the warm temperatures, the ice in Huntington will survive. The stuff in Cascade lakes has been cascading down, howev...

These great interviews and stories are brought to you by the American Alpine Journal. I have only listened to two thus far Pitri and Jeff Wr...

Well worth watching, and something I would like to do one day, but I think I would need to overnight on the floor of the canyon.  https://m....

An important essay passed along by my buddy Gary ... http://willgadd.com/note-to-self-how-not-to-fall-off-ice-climbing/ Speaking of which, y...

https://www.wildsnow.com/28549/diy-tech-binding-inspection-part-ii/

I logged just under 15 hours and 4200' vertical, with 45k running, 25k on ergometer, and 12k on my mountain bike. The rest of the week w...

Time to reflect on the really important aspects of this sport. https://www.neice.com/2019/01/this-dangerous-game/

The teaser for a video to be released soon.  The PDG is on my bucket list, but it may be beyond my physical means as I am pushing seventy, ...

https://secretsoftheice.com/news/2018/10/04/skis/?fbclid=IwAR3N11bdUrLAH4uSpY50SQLqdeAUPrT6bYyxHQSnU5Nkdb0W1W1EZGKAKo4

However, projections suggest I will be skiing on the toll road tomorrow.  It seems the only question will be how far up will we have to hike...

 https://www.wildsnow.com/28548/diy-tech-binding-inspection-part-i/

In the picture you can make out the 2.5k rollerski loop and the biathlon range. Click on the link for the full view ... https://kuula.co/sh...

 https://mountaingazette.com/blogs/mountain-notes/best-free-ski-movies-online?utm_campaign=Ski%20Movies%20%2B%20Hats%20%28QSavkD%29&utm...

https://www.wildsnow.com/28561/chris-davenport-videocast/

My recovery week - after a busy October with a virtual half marathon race and my biggest mountain day in a year - seems to have gotten me b...

 MAYBE THIS WAS A SIGN, THAT WITH THE ELECTION OVER, ALL IS WELL AGAIN!

But the weather is spring-like and the views are spectacular.

an excellent short article. Sheldon died before my first trips to Alaska but I flew with a bunch of his colleagues and successors including...

Looking for some photos for my climbing buddy's 40th anniversary, I found this gem in a box. That's me in 1957 - age five - posing f...



Most of the day - being a political junkie - I parked myself in front of the TV watching pre-election result coverage. Whenever, the anxiet...

 The Whiteface Toll Road was awesome yesterday, and will be even better today. https://www.relive.cc/view/vQvyD7M4G4q

I had a big day on Friday, October 23. It wasn't as big a day as I had hoped for, however i did bag two peaks, hiked 20+ miles, and cl...

 For the past four years, before ski season I have watched The Last King on Amazon. It is the story about the civil war in Norway in 1204, ...

Out of my price range, but it does seem like good value for money.  I am rarely capable these days of skiing a slope steep enough to slide. ...

I wouldn't be surprised if somebody scratches up one of the gullies this weekend.

 https://mountaingazette.com/blogs/mountain-notes/watch-north-country?utm_campaign=Soul%20of%20Skiing%20%28UTKLYV%29&utm_medium=email...

This classic ultra-run/scramble gets its first winter ascent. http://tv.salomon.com/story/the-wurl

Join the record numbers who have voted early. And as the tag sewn into my new Patagonia stand-up shorts says ... vote the assholes out!

My daughter, and the Crosscut Team are logging on-snow kilometers.

On a day with really challenging conditions above 2700' Charlie got all the Saranac Sixers. I bagged the two longest and hardest peaks w...

 Get ready for ski season, with some authentic skiing from Lapland, and a recreation of various nomadic legends, in this movie which was no...

Heading to the Ampersand trailhead at 3:30am.

Tomorrow morning at 3 am, I'll be sipping my earl grey tea, and getting ready for a long day ... 33 miles and 8500'

 http://www.skintrack.com/general-news-articles/gran-zebru-forgotten-military-hut/?fbclid=IwAR0eaMZOImWAlUNMu7RZceFPjps2_imapqMa_32pXbk_VmU...

Starting to make my plans for skiing next spring in the White Mountains of New Hampshire ... keeping fingers crossed that we will not have t...