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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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- Ian McNaught Davis
- First morning riding lifts
- Another early season ski tour
- Volume down, sniffles and a slight cough … but a t...
- Epic first weekend of nordic World Cup races
- Not sure why they didn’t groom and open the nordic...
- Finishing my tour to a rising full moon
- Well an inch or two of new snow makes all the diff...
- Ice Coast Skiing
- Interesting article from 2017 Alpine Journal
- Great ski at Jay Peak golf course
- Encouraging 10 day forecast
- Back to running on the nordic trails
- On The Brink | Shrinking Glaciers in the Swiss Alps
- Tai Chi For Skiers
- ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR … do you need to replace the...
- A goo toll road ski “with” Lucy
- Ice climbs are forming in Cascade Pass
- BLAST FROM THE PAST … best mountain boot I ever owned
- Good week with temperatures more winter-like
- Things looking up …
- Fallback site until they start making snow at Mint...
- BLAST FROM THE PAST … bagging a peak on 2013 silv...
- Another good toll road ski tour
- BLAST FROM THE PAST … bagging a peak on 2013 silv...
- Ice climbing recon
- North American Snow Cover At This Moment
- Get psyched for skimo
- Anniversary present arrived - a robot vacuum clean...
- BLAST FROM THE PAST … ski mountaineering in the Alps
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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
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Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
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Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')