Category Archives: Everest 2010

Visual Soliloquy #365 Altius ibunt qui as summa nituntur…

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

Happy Anniversary Visual Soliloquy…One year of talking to myself (and others) through quotes and pictures! They will rise highest who strive for the highest place. –Latin Proverb

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Visual Soliloquy #201 If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t view the plain.. .

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t view the plain. – Chinese proverb

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Looking for WIndhorse II

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

Prayer flags are often called Lung-ta or Windhorse in Tibet and Nepal. One traditional prayer flag design has a windhorse in the centre and the Four Dignities (Lion, Tiger, Garuda, Dragon) in the four corners. As some of you will … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #84 Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience…

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Visual Soliloquy #83 Nothing will come of nothing. Dare for mighty things…

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

Nothing will come of nothing. Dare for mighty things. – William Shakespeare

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Everest 2010 Photo Gallery

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

Here are some of the favourite images from TA’s Everest 2010 expedition.  To read training updates, dispatches from the mountain and follow-up posts, please click here:

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Visual Soliloquy #58 The harder I work the more I live…

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

The harder I work the more I live. –George Bernard Shaw

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Oma: Mountain of a Woman

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

While back in Edmonton this week, I had the wonderful fortune of placing my laptop complete with webcam into the lap of my Oma. It was a precious moment as she saw herself appear on the screen in front of … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #53 Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment…

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. –Jim Rohn

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Visual Soliloquy #50 Today is your day, your mountain is waiting…

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. – Dr Seuss

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Visual Soliloquy #44 When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but…

Posted on November 24, 2010 by

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. –Helen Keller

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Visual Soliloquy #41

Posted on November 21, 2010 by

Just don’t give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. –Ella Fitzgerald

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Visual Soliloquy #38

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine. –Morris West

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Visual Soliloquy #23

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

Sometimes the more goal-oriented we are, the less likely we are to obtain that goal. If you really, really want something, you have to forget how much you want it. Or else you’ll be too nervous to get it. But … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #22

Posted on October 28, 2010 by

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.  The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.  You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #17

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. –Aeschylus

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Wanted: Unconditional Confidence

Posted on October 17, 2010 by

Howdy, Sunday has rolled around again. After a year’s hibernation, I’m back attending a Buddhist retreat this weekend called, “Wisdom in Everyday Life.” I’m appreciating being back within the community of the Sangha, which has been a critical part of … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #13

Posted on October 16, 2010 by

The summit in view So high in the air, Congrats to Eric For standing there! Eric Larsen summitted Mount Everest this morning completing his Save the Pole Expedition. He skied to the South Pole, then the North Pole and then … Continue reading →

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Of Maps and Sweat Equity

Posted on October 10, 2010 by

Happy 10.10.10 and Happy Thanksgiving, I don’t think I was all that clear last week when I announcing my new approach to weekly updates. For those folks who’ve been receiving your updates via gmail, you don’t need to join Facebook-sorry … Continue reading →

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Change is a Foot!

Posted on October 3, 2010 by

Howdy, I spent much of the last week sick with a series of illness that piled up like cordwood over the week. A trip to the ER finally had me on the mend and I had a quiet week at … Continue reading →

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