Fossil Alpinism

With the cancellation of the main event, Red Bull ran a virtual event. Instead of 30 hours to complete 220k you had 30 days.

Also, great for aging and creaky knees, like mine!  However, I am not quite ready for some of his advanced versions of the exercise.  https...

Yesterday it snowed before our morning shakeout jog, and we have more snow coming on Thursday afternoon. However, today will be another warm...

 Having put a return to Norway on my bucket list - my only visit was 1972 - I have started to read, dream, and scheme. Of course, the big p...

"We did not dream at night. We dreamt during the day, and we chased those dreams with such intensity that at night we slipped into a co...

A 220k course dating back to 1884. You get 30 hours, and it is classic only. This years race - except for a small elite division - has been...

Gotta have some handy when it's klister time.

 When they first became available in America I bought their leashes for ice tools. I have been on their mailing list for a few years, and I...

Yesterday morning I did a nice classic ski on the new trails at Mount Van Hoevenberg and in the afternoon, I skinned laps on Mount Pisgah.

 This is a delightful collection of short essays and brief radio talks in Vermont media over a span of several decades. For those who have ...

In the morning, once things softened up I skied biathlon loops for over an hour. In the afternoon I did laps on Mt. Pisgah which is closed,...



Hopefully another 20-30 before I put the skis away for the season.

My knee is still recovering from the horrendous ski wipeout last week. The totals for the week were just under 4000' of vertical ascent ...

Apparently, for several thousand years, farmers in the alps have moved livestock to alpine pastures as summer approaches. In three months th...

The link below is to a book talk and slideshow about the 10th Mountain Division, by Maurice Isserman, a Hamilton College history professor....

https://www.outsideonline.com/2237456/single-narrow-gasping-lung

Here are some famous ones; thankfully I have not had too many! https://www.adventure-journal.com/2021/03/the-aj-list-9-legendary-bivouacs/ ...

The skiing on the toll road was not so great - wind scoured and icy - but I managed an hour and some vertical without pain. I also managed t...

Yesterday I skied around the 1980 Olympic trails on my AT gear; I even tackled some small hills, and managed a stem turn or two. This aftern...

He was not having any success, as when he pounced, he could not break through the surface crust. He was just 50 yards from the house, and th...

Felt a little pathetic, putting on mountaineering skis (heavy leather boots, and cable bindings) to ski groomed flat stadium loops! Needles...

A more personal and introspective look at climbing on Everest than usual.  Ed Webster's three trips span the gamut from big expedition s...

Took the picture shuffling home across our pasture. Not sure how badly, how long, and what I will be able to do with my knee.

Logged some excellent - fast paced kilometers - skiing at Dartmouth on my way home. Another spectacular sunny day, and my Garipay and Oak Hi...

Hoping to ski the Cog Railway route up to "Jacobs Ladder" and Mount Cardigan.

David Hochschartner (Hock)

Beautiful day, perfect conditions, and hardly any people. I ought to have done this earlier in the season. 

Stash and I had a peaceful 65 minute ski to end the day; however it was clear two parties on two different lines were still leading final pi...

I did a 75 minute tour breaking trail all the way on the north side of Pitchoff. Brrrr ... -2 degrees Fahrenheit with 35 mph gusts.

It was another decent week of activity: a bit over 13 hours of exercise, a touch more than 96K (ski, ergometer, run), and just under 6000...

  Covid has impacted this famous race, with some picking dispersed starting times spread over the week, and others putting their bibs on, an...

Up and over the Jackrabbit pass to Keene. We had a terrific early morning ski tour on two inches of new snow, and I finished off the day wit...

A disappointing day for the Americans. 

I don't know why I waited so long before my first trip around this loop. Superb tracks, spectacular weather, and one of my best outings ...

Which ended with a superb out and back tour, on the snowmobile packed Brooks Road, near the Middlebury Snowbowl.  This 16k out and back (to ...

David Hochschartner (Hock)

A good refresher ...

 https://journal.alpsandmeters.com/journal/2018/2/16/spring

 http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web21w/newswire-sean-villanueva-odriscroll-moonwalk-traverse-fitz-roy

A week with just shy of 15.5 hours of training, with 90k+ (ski, ergometer, run), and just over 7000' vertical gain.  David Hochschartner...

Didn't quite make it to the South Summit on the Carriage Road, but a good outing nevertheless. Blisters compounded first tour of the sea...

 Alps and Meters is a clothing company, inspired by vintage ski sweaters. The clothing doesn't do much for me, and is certainly way out...

Inspired by yesterday's workout starting from our front door ... You start by plowing a half kilometer trench to the Olympic race tr...

The tracks were filling in, as it snowed the entire 75 minutes I was skiing, but it was a good 11k and just under 1000' vertical gain.  ...

And there is only one sport in which Americans have never gotten a medal. We have the talent as American biathletes have been on the podium...

With slightly reduced volumes; which is probably a good thing, every now and then as I approach 70. Still 13+ hours of exercise, 4300' ...

Doing a ski tour with my dog Stash yesterday and saw a party on the crux first pitch. Superb climb, and I have fond memories of my handful o...