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Tag Archives: St. John’s
I am the Tow Truck
One morning when I was training for a climb, a guy in a truck roared up and said, “do you want me to call you a tow truck?” I wasn’t quick enough that morning mentally because about half way up … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 3.0, Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Newfoundland, Video
Tagged Go for Greenland, Signal Hill, St. John's, Tire Pull, training
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YYT Adventure #1
What do you do after you’ve been cooped up too long because of a snow storm…go out and play in it, of course. An urban adventure all within walking reach of home, the first in a series of more to … Continue reading
Posted in Newfoundland, Video
Tagged Blizzard, snow day, snowshoe, St. John's, YYT Adventures
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Republic of Snow (a.k.a. Snow Day 3)
The third in a series of “snow day” movies. Always fun to be out in a storm and see what the helmet cam can do. Today was climbing seven of the steepest hills in the downtown St. John’s.
Posted in Everest 3.0, Newfoundland, Video
Tagged Republic of Doyle, snow day, St. John's
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Every Moment is New
We woke up yesterday and looked up towards Signal Hill and noticed a strange new cross looking item plastered to the side of the hill. We knew it was new and knew it must not have been there long and … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 3.0, Life, Newfoundland, Photography
Tagged 2012, climb, Newfoundland, Seven Summits, Signal Hill, St. John's, train
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Visual Soliloquy #403: Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today…
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. –Rumi
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2012, photography, Quotes, St. John's, Travel
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Snow Day II
Five days out from departure for Antarctica and you get a snow day…improvise! Building on last year’s snow day video, here’s the sequel! Here’s the original:
Posted in Everest 3.0, Video, Vinson
Tagged #nlwx, 2011, slack line, snow day, St. John's
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Lady Bird-Inaugural Flight
Another beautiful spring day here in St. John’s allowed me to take my new Alpacka pack raft out for its first test paddle on Long Pond and inlet creek. Getting into the boat is like getting a hug and it … Continue reading
Be A Super Hero in the Drop Zone
Easter Seals of Newfoundland and Labrador is doing an exciting fund-raiser this summer called “Drop Zone.” They approached me, as your local neighbourhood adventurer and climber, to see if I could recruit some participants for the event. As an adventurous … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 3.0
Tagged 2011, Blue Helmeted Super Hero, Captain Penguin, climb, Drop Zone, Easter Seals, St. John's
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Snow Day: Skiing Downtown St. John’s
My latest helmet cam adventure…Skiing Downtown St. John’s on a snow day! The conditions were quite good except for where the snow plows had been!
Visual Soliloquy #52 Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth…
Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves. –Robert Neelly Bellah
Posted in Life, Newfoundland, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, Jelly Bean Row, Newfoundand, photography, Quotes, St. John's
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