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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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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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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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HAPPY EASTER. Typically, when I am schmoozing with fossil buddies, I fill up this bottle with either bourbon or scotch; helps keep the ...
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This has always been on my list of "must do" Cordillera Blanca climbs. A rescue training session got out of control. Thankfully...
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Lift ticket prices escalating out of sight, ski patrol strikes, demise of the small local ski areas, and of course, affordable housing f...
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A week full of rain, some sunny days, snow squalls, and the real arrival of spring. Given the previous week I was pretty tired - ramping...
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We came from nowhere towns like Upland, Cucamonga, Ontario, and Montclair. None of us had done anything more distinguished than chase down...
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- Ice is forming in the ravines
- Finally starting to feel like Winter is coming
- Fantastic Ski Video ... NORTH COUNTRY ... the olde...
- The WURL ... get psyched for ski mountaineering
- Make your plan to vote
- Wish I were in Bozeman ...
- Post mortem on big effort
- OFELAS ... Pathfinder a movie from 1987
- Not a great prediction for skiing or ice climbing
- Just like the mugs says ... ALPINE STARTS
- Greenlight for the Saranac Sixers
- World War I on the Italian-Austrian border
- Skiing the Presidential Range
- Mummery’s book: My Climbs In The Alps And Caucasus
- First day on snow in Bozeman
- Rusty Piton ... finally found a bottle
- Beautiful day for a run ...
- The pandemic and the mountain town
- With ski season approaching ... ain’t this the truth!
- Three excellent time trials
- Kitty Calhoun and Thalay Sagar
- So, when will my first day on snow be this Fall 2020?
- Scouting for mountain bike terrain
- Climbing in the Canyonlands and a video poem
- Hard new route on Mount Robson
- Extract from the soon to be released ... The Ski G...
- Running my first virtual race
- A Bit Of History ...
- Adirondack Sunset
- Upcoming virtual outdoor adventure film festivals
- An extract from Bernadette McDonald’s Winter 8000
- Another foliage jog
- Logging some good vertical
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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')