The hip injury put me in front of a difficult decision: to train less, to give my body space to heal or to train in the same way, and...

Listening to the MTN Meister podcast with Pete Ripmaster, the winner of the 2018 Iditarod Trail Invitational - which is an ultramarathon...

Reading all kind of articles about the long-term effects of caffeine on the body made me wonder if it is good idea to drink it while in...

There is an item on my to do list called “cold temperature management” and it is not an easy one to deal with. I asked some fitness...

Regardless of what you are doing, entirely focusing your mind on it and letting your intuition play a part too can make a difference....

It looks like a too beautiful Sunday to spend in the gym, so I am heading to Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah. Because is still cold, only...

I have the right size boots and the crampons! As I read stories about how important is to be quick with putting your boots and crampons...

I remember a conversation with one of my friends training for a marathon. As he mentioned he is training consists of running every...

Why to follow the beaten path when you can go up and down every hill you see? I wish I were a deer because people would find it easier to...

Not training enough by my standards makes me feel guilty…the workout, the pain, the sweat, the lack of sleep, the disgusting energy food...

We all know the supply in a market is shaped by demand and the goal of a company is to make money. Therefore, if there is not enough...

My flight back to DC is in the afternoon and I still don’t know for sure what’s Jon decision regarding the Everest trip. We still have a...

It is still dark when we head to the Mount Yale trailhead and even if I am half asleep, there is a question haunting me incessantly: will...

Because the weather forecast is not favorable for climbing a peak, my guide decided to have a training day of skiing in Vail - good...

First winter ascent in Colorado. I am fascinated by the snow and ice and the climb is not difficult. My guide is telling me about the...

My guide Jon told me several times that I am lacking the experience for attempting the Everest climb but he is willing to put me to some...

It is so easy to imagine yourself being strong and so difficult to really be when the time comes. You can dream about doing thirty...

Have you ever watched one sunrise after the other, for several days in a row? One of the upsides of waking up early is that I did and...

Reading the Allan Arnette blog on crossing the ladders over crevasses. I know that on the Tibet side there are less than on Nepal’s one,...

Almost every day is a combination of ups and downs, of hope and darkness, of “yes - I am daring and strong enough, and I am going to do...