I am determined to tick this off my bucket list, camping out for the Holmenkollen 50k races, and then ski the Norwegian Birkie, the following week.
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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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- Next year at Holmenkollen
- Big Wall - Bev was a historical badass
- Brief history of alpine touring bindings
- Beautiful morning skiing at Whiteface
- Back to skiing in the Adirondacks
- Another 1992 memory …
- Fond memories from Zermatt 2023 and 1992
- A 100 days on snow!
- Zurich: day 7 and heading home
- Zermatt: day 6, and last
- Zermatt: day 5
- Day 4 was spectacular
- Zermatt: day 4
- Zermatt: day 3
- First Full Day In Zermatt
- Made it to Zermatt
- Heading to Zermatt today
- Mid-March, it doesn’t get much better than this
- Snowing all over the Northeast
- Lucy is out exploring the Canyonlands with a colle...
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- A big day for nordic fans
- Snow conditions continue to be excellent in the Ad...
- Yesterday was my 90th day on snow this season
- Excellent 13 minute North Face video … A Skier’s Way
- More about Herman (Jackrabbit) Johanssen
- A high traverse in the North Cascades
- Finally put a bib on!
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Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
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Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')