Having just read a column in the New York Times this morning about Albert Camus, I remembered fondly how much I treasured reading him in college. I resolved to re-read him in the coming year.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
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
- Alpine Rising
- The Chalet
- Cham
Total Pageviews
Popular Posts
-
We came from nowhere towns like Upland, Cucamonga, Ontario, and Montclair. None of us had done anything more distinguished than chase down... -
KURTYKA WAS A LEADING PROPONENT OF FAST AND LIGHT IN THE 1970s and 1980s. This is a historically important essay written in 1988. The Art ... -
The spectacular fall weather continued, and I logged just under 15 hours, on 136k (113k bike and 23k run), with 3250' vertical. I also d...
-
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/opinion/body-muscles-40s-aging.html
-
I ran into Pete Metcalf in the Tetons a couple of years before he did this groundbreaking alpine style route, and maybe a decade before he s... -
But, now I am back trail running in the 'dacks. It's deer hunting season, so dressing accordingly and picking trails wisely.
-
Last week I re-read A Medal Of Honor, a novel about an Olympic biathlete, this week it's The God Of Skiing. A novel about a fictional T...
-
The good weather continues, and today I am heading down to see an old college buddy. The trip will also include downhill skiing at Big Snow,...
Posts
Blog Archive
-
▼
2016
(400)
-
▼
January
(28)
- Still good skiing on Porter
- Steep, steep, steep skiing
- Time to get rid of your kick wax?
- Tracks in the snow
- Nordic stud
- Video ... fantastic relay by the American women
- USA in Second
- Quote of the Week ... Camus
- Beautiful Mont Blanc Video
- Guatemalan volcanoes
- It feels like winter but where is the snow?
- The Andes ... Amazing time-lapse video
- Yosemite's Best Ice Climb
- Spectacular trail running scenery
- Scored ...
- Must have app for the nordic coach!
- First NCS trip to Whiteface
- Singing in the rain ... Nordic style!
- Pretty amazing week for American Nordic skiing
- Nordic skiing is still good
- Ueli Steck ... Part 4 ... Classic Alpinist
- First prep race of the winter
- First day on snow for the NCS Nordic team
- Starting to feel like an old fashioned Adirondack ...
- Strava ... year-end animated summary
- First ice of the season
- Great tour up Whiteface
- NYSEF time trial
-
▼
January
(28)
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')