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Hock on the 5.7 "Razor" Pitch
Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')
A bunch of old guys still enjoying the mountains, and the training they need to do to get off the couch
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- Paths Of Glory
- Shieldmaiden
- The Mountaineer’s Companion
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Another book - well thumbed - which I recently pulled off the Fossil Cabin shelf. In this fifty year old guidebook, there were more th...
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Given my background as a nordic racer, as tradition demands, yesterday was my first day of the 2025-2026 training and racing season. I had...
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I had a good chat with Dr. Byrne, who 15 years ago 'scoped my right knee. After checking me out, looking at the pictures, and hearing ho...
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I just pulled this interesting anthology off my shelf; published in 1966, I opened it to one of the final essays, written in 1928 by Kather...
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Last week was a wet one, and while I made the best of it, I was disappointed to only get out on the MTB twice. That said, it was a producti...
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YAHOO … finally a spectacularly beautiful day. I took Selden and Alison out to the Grand Adirondack Hotel for a big breakfast. Then came ...
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Selden and I drove just east of Glens Falls - about two hours away - to look at, and test drive several lightly used Subaru cars. Many hour...
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- Col de L'Aiguille Verte
- Ice Climbing Tips From Will Gadd
- Skiing the Aiguille Blanche
- Training for a Winter Ascent of the Matterhorn
- Ode to the belay parka
- Chamonix Alpine Granite
- Biathlon Nor-Ams
- More illustrations from GLACIER MOUNTAINEERING
- The Secret of Staying Warm On An Ice Climb
- Video: snow pit basics
- Telemark Turns
- Terrific Book ... GLACIER MOUNTAINEERING
- NCS Snow Physics Class
- Umbilicals for your ice tools ... again
- Demo ski and bindings
- WARREN "BATSO" HARDING
- BLAST FROM THE PAST
- Ueli Steck The Swiss Machine
- The Ueli Steck Special Edition Knife
- Hard Mixed Winter Climbing in Scotland
- Coldest adirondack night yet
- Alpinist Profile: the Grand Teton
- Video: flight into the Kahiltna
- NORIO MATSUMATO
- Eagle Slide on Giant
- Climbing Art
- Exquisite Mountain Landscapes
- Back to the Adirondacks
- Jim Logan Interview
- Ice Climbing Accident
- Video: Kikkan's World Cup Win In Liberec
- Avalanche Instructional Tool
- The Early Days of Telemark Skiing in Europe
- New Adirondack Ice Route
- Insane Vedauwoo Off-Width
- History and Review of Current Umbilicals
- PROFILE OF AN ALPINIST
- Video: 2010 Olympic sprint competition
- Kikkan Takes The Yellow Jersey
- Adirondack Cold Spell
- Critical Peruvian Problem: melting glaciers
- 2011 Nordic Sprint Championships
- Jeff Lowe's Route on the Eiger
- Fighting Forty
- Kikkan Kicking It Into High Gear
- Beautiful Adirondack Day
- Alpine Glaciers and Climate Change
- Sunset in Zermatt
- Super Tour in Lake Placid
- Mount Everest and Maurice Wilson
- Serious Avalanche In France
- Blast From the Past
- COLD THISTLE
- North Face of the Matterhorn
- Lou Dawson and Alpine Touring
- Nordic World Cup Skating Technique
- Fantastic snow in the Adirondacks
- Rising Sea Level
- Eiger Nordwand
- Skiing 100 Years Ago
- 2011 Ouray I've Festival
- Angels of Mount Blanc
- Alpe Cermis ... Lady of the Day
- Adirondack Ice Climbing
- A Pre-Haute Route Must Read
- Backcountry Shovel Review
- Perfect Haute Route Training ... Canadian Ski Mara...
- Snow and Ice Conditions in the Adirondacks
- Amazing end to the Tour de Ski
- The climb up Alpe Cermis
- The last stage of the Tour de Ski
- Chamonix: death sport capital of the world
- Zermatt Webcams
- MOUNTAIN QUOTE OF THE WEEK
- Chamonix webcam
- La Nina
- World Ski Mountaineering Championships
- Winter in the Adirondack Mountains
- Will Gadd Ice Climbing Tips
- Haute Route Miscellany
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Important Climbing And Skiing Website Links
Aiguille de Gliere
Hock on the 5.7 "Razor" Pitch
Hock's best. What were your Five biggest and best routes?
- South Ridge of the Gliere
- North Ridge of the Grand Teton
- North Buttress of Middle Cathedral
- Sentinel Rouge on Mount Blanc
- Black Dike on Cannon
Hock's handful of could have, would have, wished I had, and still hope to do routes!
- West Face Tocllaraju
- North Face of the Matterhorn
- Black Ice Colouir on the Grand Teton
- Cassin Ridge on Denali
Fossil Clubhouse
Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
Cordillera Blanca
Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')