Fossil Alpinism

A day of packing, stretching, and traveling to the east side of the Sierras. I only managed four hours of sleep after my late arrival into ...

Pulling out crampons, an ice axe, as well as a snow stake and fluke. Maybe a snow slog is in our future, on this road trip.

Nothing direct about my route … Lake Placid to Albany, then to DC, Dallas, and Reno. The last leg was the drive to Squaw Valley and in bed b...

The race started about 12 hours ago, but many folks will be out for another dozen hours.  Some snow has fallen at higher elevations, making ...

Getting ready to head to the Sierras; if all goes well, after about 18 hours I should arrive in Squaw Valley.  For a change of pace, here i...

Now that UTMB WEEK has started, tune into this daily show - on the FreeTrail YouTube channel, or the FreeTrail Podcast channel. Of course, ...

This past week was an easy one, as I was a bit fatigued coming in, and I didn't want to "shoot my wad" before heading west. ...

At 8am tomorrow morning (Chamonix time), a 100+ teams head out to complete 300k route with over 25,000m of vertical, around the Mont Blanc...

Next year I hope to be back in Chamonix, to soak up all the good vibes, and perhaps even run the short ETC (15k and 1200m vertical). 

Well the Bronx Bombers lost again, but I had a great day with Len, a long time college buddy and Best Man at my wedding. 

And I started each with an easy cruise up to the summit of Mount Van Hoevenberg.

  https://youtu.be/6K4CftXlXVw

I logged 16 hours, 143k (101k bike and 42k run), and just a bit over 5200' vertical.  I also managed a short yoga session, and two stren...

Rainy days continue, and while my training volume is on track, I do find myself grabbing for some page turners off my shelf, to pass the ti...

 https://coloradosun.com/2020/01/09/big-snow-new-jersey-ski-industry-indoor/

 https://www.irunfar.com/hillary-gerardi-trofeo-kima-la-gara-film

i am still building volume with longer easy workouts, but I am adding a bit of intensity in each week. This is my 45 minute workout from a ...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GWvPi1G6hwc&feature=youtu.be

It's clear that this American nordic skier is super fit, and on a roll.  Sierra-Zinal is possibly the most competitive mountain trail ra...

So, you have to grab the dry moments when you can. Despite this, it was another good week of training … heading west instead of the alps. ...

 A great 27 second video. https://youtu.be/jYBVINzxpdk

David Hochschartner (Hock)

I packed a bunch into those hours: skinning laps, riding indoor lifts with Skimo gear, a great trail run, some yoga, and a bit of biking. T...

 An interesting article, especially the sections on sustainability, indoor venues, as well as uphilling and backcountry developments.  (In ...

 https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/trekking-pole-research-2023/

Ben Ogden out in front, who eventually finished on the podium in third.  However in the Q & A afterwards, Jessie Diggins reminded every...

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3G29Xr6rBVI&feature=youtu.be

Top females from SMS team left to right: Kendall Kramer, Jessie Diggins, Alayna Sonnensyn, Julia Kern, Lauren Jortberg, Lina Sutro.

Well I lost some ground to Jessie Diggins this year, as I speed hiked with poles and was slower than last year. Still, I was just under 42 m...

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PL0tScbaCHI&feature=youtu.be

Riveting; a page turner; mostly set in the Sierras with so much climbing history laced through the gripping fiction.  https://www.climbing....

Stash and I started hoofing it uphill, just after sunrise, and enjoyed the start of a spectacular summer day on the summit of Mount Van Hoev...

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L3gmgrCylRk&feature=youtu.be 

A good week of training, with 14.5 hours in the books, 128k (89k bike and 39k run), and just over 5000' vertical ascent. This seems to b...

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/melting-swiss-glacier-uncovers-missing-1986-climber/ar-AA1etF76?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=65...

  Andrzej Bargiel has now skied K2, Gasherbrum II and just a few days ago, he climbed and skied Gasherbrum I … all 8000m peaks. Notice he ...

 https://youtu.be/XOmCLl1z7c0

Both graphs cover the same time period, and you can see that as I was prepping for a four hour mountain run toward the end of May biking dro...

 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://tinyurl.com/SkimoRaceGearGuide%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26a...

An article from the Berkshire Eagle, however the summit temperature was -25 Fahrenheit! The picture was taken by my partner Mark Ewing.

Despite heat, humidity, thunderstorms, too many tourists and bugs, it's still a wonderful time of year. (Of course, it's not as wond...

https://www.zermatt.ch/en/Media/Article/Matterhorn-Alpine-Crossing

Take a peek at this four minute video of a World Cup skimo race in Val Martello last winter. https://youtu.be/SploOZSp-X8

 Heading uphill forces you to slow down and alters the ideal run-walk transition. For most people, walking is more efficient than running a...

Just outside Minerva and North Creek, an out and back 8.6k trail (1400') with several overlooks and a bald summit with superb views. 

I am starting to shift towards more running and hiking to get ready for some August races, and a September mountain trip to the Alps.

An all uphill race, riding chairlifts to the bottom of Sunday River after every lap (1,200' vertical ascent) … if the weather looks goo...

But quite a good week, as I had fresh legs for the big ride, and was able to keep my heart rate in zone 3-4 for 2.5 hours. So, I logged ...

 Pretty mind blowing …  https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/trail-running/paul-bonhomme-starts-via-alpina-zero-to-zero-run-across-the-al...

Yesterday, a bunch of college buddies and I rode various distances for this fundraiser (the Prouty) for the Dartmouth Cancer Center. (The pi...