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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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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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Given my background as a nordic racer, as tradition demands, yesterday was my first day of the 2025-2026 training and racing season. I had...
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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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I just pulled this interesting anthology off my shelf; published in 1966, I opened it to one of the final essays, written in 1928 by Kather...
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Last week was a wet one, and while I made the best of it, I was disappointed to only get out on the MTB twice. That said, it was a producti...
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YAHOO … finally a spectacularly beautiful day. I took Selden and Alison out to the Grand Adirondack Hotel for a big breakfast. Then came ...
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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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As is often the case, many ups and downs, with a mixture of pleasant surprises as well as disappointments. (I was tempted to write "bi...
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- Starting to feel like winter
- Mount Van Hoevenberg … no idea when they will open
- HAPPY THANKSGIVING
- Still skiing on the toll road
- Continuous Lacate Monitoring … the holy grail for ...
- Yahoo … back on snow
- Kilian Jornet website … excellent resource for alp...
- Another tour on the toll road
- Saw this unbelievable peak in 2019 Huayhuash trek ...
- The storm under performed however …
- 2000 year old Roman Legion camp discovered in Alps
- Peru: melting glaciers, growing lack of water supp...
- Lake Champlain just visible in the distance
- WOW … KILIAN JORNET AND HIS ALPINE CONNECTIONS PRO...
- Lots of cold nights …
- At the start of every snow season the books I revi...
- Excellent morning workout
- Lindsey Vonn training and perhaps racing again
- Latest grim 2025 snowfall prediction
- Thinking of skiing Norwegian Birkie
- Mystery surrounding secret Finnish kick zone inven...
- Maybe snow tonight, but more forecast in Jay Peak ...
- A wonderful Saturday in the Adirondacks
- Registration is open for the worlds longest nordic...
- Case study of a 70+ year old world record holding ...
- First bouldering session at HPC gym
- A new extreme ski line on Mount Cook
- 2024-25 adk Tour de Ski schedule
- A good week despite election anxiety
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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')