Fossil Alpinism

Recently, I was down at the Fossil Cabin drinking some whiskey with Larry, and was reminded of this photo on the wall. An article My son ...

A dozen years ago, I bought this in Chamonix for its historical value, as the author, Anselme Baud, is considered the father of modern extre...

Back in 1978 when I was a caretaker, there was no social media, no iPhones, or drones to make a digital film; but in most ways the job, and...

Who knew?  I skied in biathlon races with Raimond Dombrovskis  in the mid-1980s.  I remember my buddy Tracy Lamb - then an assistant coach ...

A beautiful spring-like day, although it was 14 degrees yesterday morning!

An interesting full length documentary video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=ydUI_gMmbNWd-8UL&v=n8t3o0sssGE&feature=youtu.be

Easy to do, with or without, implements.  I often do it on one leg for five rotations in each direction, before switching to the other leg....

The United Nations declared 2002 to be the International Year of Mountains. This collection of essays grew out of the summit that Banff Cen...

 A long day, but great to catch up with my long time buddy, eat an amazing amount of delicious food (no stadium franks today), and watch th...

I went down to Schenectady to meet up with Harry, Klink, and Sue to watch Union (9-3) annihilate Vassar 19-9. Fun time, and good weather, al...

No mention of the Travertine Queen though!   https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/north-america/cult-hot-springs-wes...

It's hard to imagine, but until 1927 Zermatt and traffic up the valley from Visp, was pretty much was shutdown all winter. An interesti...





a well produced, extensively researched, and very entertaining look at the origin and rise of the 10th Mountain Division, it's impact o...

At the the moment my total stands at 117 days on snow this season, however I suspect I might log a day or two more before May 1st. Both Mou...



Hopefully, I'll get another day or two somewhere on snow before my season ends. 

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=R6SKpjjg5UU I am also re-reading the book by Willam Kerig, which is also worth your time...

But, I am not getting any younger, so I better get after it!



The awesome total eclipse was followed up by a wonderful, warm, and spring-like day.

Samivel has a delightful and funny way of uncovering some of the foibles in the alpine sports we love.  Here, he exposes a key truth in many...

I think this was the biggest storm of the winter; I know it was the first time I have been on nordic racing skis three days in a row! Also, ...

Beautiful, insightful, and humorous, Samivel's line drawings and watercolors speak to alpinists and ski mountaineers. And should you be...

 https://skimo.co/words-for-snow

https://runthealps.com/blog/dakota-jones-tight-skimo-pants?mc_cid=429ef2059f&mc_eid=c79c623384

A stop on the way back from Killington yesterday, Sandy's bakery and used bookstore in Rochester Vermont is awesome. (It also has a clea...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/well/advil-ibuprofen-health-risks.html

 https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/everest/lou-whittakers-son-remembers-the-legendary-mountaineer/



A good morning skinning laps at Killington.

 My daughter has had a good month … 20th in the Birkie (2:25); a week later she won the Rangely Marathon (shortened to 38k) beating out all...

It is hard to imagine climbing steep ice, with just a Chouinard piolet, this hammer, crappy salewa screws, and pound in warthogs!

Selden and I went out with Alison to New Vida Preserve; great food and great views. On a different note, heading to Killington tomorrow ...

Selden and I are going to Chamonix in the fall for our 40th anniversary, so I will get a chance to do a few of the easy runs. https://alpsi...

 https://explorersweb.com/gunther-messners-second-boot-returns-to-reinhold/

   https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=xG4zAPpcpchhdcO7&v=gB7L97axQYE&feature=youtu.be

It won't last too much longer, but this was hard to beat!

Unfortunately, warming trend will quickly dispatch the recent foot of new snow. As a matter of fact, at 6am this morning it was 41 degrees.

TRAINING FOR THE UPHILL ATHLETE has a terrific amount of useful information for trail runners, alpinists, and skimo racers.  Of course, it ...

The return to winter brought another good training week. I logged just under 16 hours, on 124k (80k bike, 32k ski, 12k run), with 3750' ...

Well, it's 2 degrees this morning; with a big bright full moon, and despite the storm underperforming, it looks and feels like mid-winte...

A great organization to belong too, with a superb digital archive, and a magazine you look forward to every other month. The cover art is f...

I just did my PT and two sessions on the exercise bike before and after several hours watching these folks cruise down at 80+ mph. I had a g...

This is an ad from Mountain #27 (May 1973); I still have two of these packs, the expedition model with beefy snap on side pockets, and the ...

In addition to the 3-4 inches we got in the past few days, more is coming.

Terrific conditions; hard pack base with two inches of powder on top … it was glorious. Today will be my 100th day on snow this season, and...