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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
Books I Am Reading
- 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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- Blast from the past ... Very old skis
- Still skiing on Whiteface
- Brief history of early Female mountaineering
- Issues of the Alpine Journal from 1960-2008
- Interview with Ueli Steck
- North Ridge of The Grand ... Fond memories
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- Still Nordic Racing on the East Coast
- Climbing Above The Arctic Circle
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- Hard winter route on the north face of the Jorasses
- Desperate for snow
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- Counting all forms of skiing - lift served, randon...
- Hard to believe its March!
- A nice patch of snow!
- Nordic World Cup Drawing To A Close
- Dynafit TLT 5 ... Skiing the Trap Dike
- Superb spring ski at Whiteface
- Dynafit TLT Boot review
- One of the dangers of ice climbing
- I Hurt Therefore I Am
- Early sun on Algonguin
- Sunrise on the farm
- Testing new boots on the rock
- Last day of ice climbing this winter
- Great gondolas of the Alps
- Chamonix: ski mountaineering capital of the world
- Heading up the Whiteface Toll Road
- Adirondack Paintball Race
- Glen Plake At NCS
- Chamonix Trip Report
- A Nordic racers worst nightmare
- Massive thaw in the north country
- What you can learn at the start of a ski rando race
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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')