Fossil Alpinism

Yesterday, I started the day off with a yoga session, and then did a 50 minute run. In the afternoon Danny and I did a two hour ski up near ...

Mark and I headed over to see Danny and watch the Celtics play the Heat. An impressive snowpack still covering his front lawn.

Plenty of snow up high. However, my choice of tours - Pole Creek - was a poor one. Too much hiking (5.5k) and too little skiing (3.5k), but ...

 https://www.trailrunnermag.com/people/culture-people/book-review-the-race-that-changed-running/

Up at 4am, then the 7am plane to Chicago, then Phoenix, then to Reno, and an hour drive to Olympic Valley. Plenty of snow above 6700'. H...

We had a good jog on the new nordic trails. Heading out tomorrow to Tahoe to see Mark and Danny, as well as doing some late season ski tours...

https://youtu.be/hro6ciOyVkY

 https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/muscle-fiber-strength-research/

There will obviously be snow to ski tour on next week!

I am back training lightly, for a few days.

It was a week of tapering and recovery before the Mining For Vert Challenge. So, the volume was less, but with the race, data on intensity s...

Oldest competitor (so won age group) but only a couple of minutes off 60 year old podium. The stats were: 13 laps, four hours, 17k, and 407...

Next year is my 50th, but a bunch of us came to reconnect with friends from the class ahead of us.

However, there are lots of good trail runs I can do in the afternoons, after a morning ski tour.  This new guide book is a good one! 

So, I am pulling out guidebooks, both old (this 1995 volume) and new (Sierra Trail Runs) to start planning some adventures.  

Over night lows tonight will, again, be in the twenties.

Bill Trollenberg, Stephanie White, and I spent three months hiking and climbing in the Canadian Rockies. This was my first big, and long, c...

Starting with some tea and ginger snaps, then proceeding to a sauna down at the Fossil Cabin.

Last week the weather was clear and mild; I logged over 16 hours and over 6500' vertical, on 115k (61k mostly MTB, 45k on foot, and 9k ...

 https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/10-rules-for-altitude-training/

 Of course, this SNOTEL data is from May 11th, but with many places still showing snow depth over 100 inches, it seems likely I'll be d...

 https://www.wsj.com/articles/skyrunning-endurance-race-sports-343cfd52?st=ltht10k8xxqxbc3&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink&_hsmi=...

On the 1963 American Everest expedition, Hornbein and Unsoeld did a two person alpine style ascent of the unclimbed West Ridge, which was f...

 https://earnyourturns.com/12155/rerun-the-backside-of-beyond/

A good first week - with mostly crappy weather - however I managed just under 15 hours, just under 4000' vertical, and 111k (72k bike an...

 https://fasterskier.com/2023/05/great-skiing-in-june-its-real-and-mt-bachelor-has-your-ticket/

 Not too different from my pack, except a warmer parka, warm hat, and another lightweight wind shell for over the puffy.  (The 'dacks a...

I feel like I have had a successfully transitioned back to running, after the ski season. Next up, is hopping on the mountain bike.

https://news.ultrasignup.com/born-to-run-2/

An exceptional 12 minute video - no narration - just stunning footage of this La Grande Course. The race begins in Cervinia and 45k later e...

So the highlights were as follows: 772 hours of training, 226,000' vertical, 127 days on skis, 4 uphill running races (2 age group podiu...

So, last week was the "official" end of the 2022-23 nordic season. It was a good week in a qualitative sense, although totals were...

Given a hectic last five weeks - drive east, new job, new apartment - Lucy's training has not been the central focus. She pushed hard, r...

Hiked and skinned up to the floor of Huntington Ravine. (From left to right in the picture is South and Odell's Gullies, then Pinnacle B...

Earlier in the week I did my first interval session of Old Mountain laps, to start out the new running season.

Huaraz, the Chamonix of South America.  I have had four wonderful trips to Peru, and am hoping for one more before I hang up the spikes!

An extended obituary and a salute to Alan Bard. https://earnyourturns.com/17796/profile-the-right-reverend-bardini/

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 Of course, I am looking forward to ski touring out west in May, but now my mind is about a return to trail running and hiking. I will cert...

 The Mezzalama race just finished and ended the 2023 skimo race season.  The race alternates every other year, with the PDG (Patrouille des...

As always balance seems off on this first rocky trail of the season. And as always, a beautiful view for such a short hike.

 Dipping her toe in the trail running water, she is not likely to jeopardize anyone's spot on the team to travel to the World Champions...

Its mud season in the Adirondacks. During this time my quest for vertical workouts finds me on steep dirt roads like Jay Mountain or Old Mo...

A multi-day ski mountaineering trip in Austria, from Ischgl to Galtur.

https://youtu.be/Dd1QgvK4G0Q

The video is available for your viewing pleasure at https://vimeo.com/818522467

On my way back from visiting friends in Burlington, I stopped to do a run on Baxter and Roundtop lanes. Steep and well graded dirt roads, wi...