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Monthly Archives: December 2010
She Shoots, She Scores!
She shoots, she scores! The Hat Trick of the Americas is complete. Starting with the top of North America in June of 2005, the top of South America in 2006 and finishing on top of Central America in 2010, the … Continue reading
Posted in Tajumulco
Tagged Aconcagua, Denali, Guatemala, Hat Trick of the Americas, Tajumulco
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Everest 2010 Photo Gallery
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:
Posted in Everest 2010, Photo Gallery, Photography
Tagged 2010, climb, Everest, photography, Seven Summits
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Climbing Volcan Santa Maria
After explaining Boxing Day to our traveling companions over breakfast, we packed up and headed south of Xela to the trailhead for Santa Maria. This 3772 meter volcano towers over Xela and is often climbed by locals who ascend it … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Tajumulco
Tagged Guatemala, Hat Trick of the Americas, Santa Maria, Tajumulco, Xela
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Merry Christmas from Quetzaltenango (Xela)
Feliz Navidad! It was a festive evening in Antigua with many folks out in the central park for the evening. Three Santas were there posing for photos in front of the fountain with portable printers ready for action to send … Continue reading
Fuego: A Volcano’s Volcano
Fuego welcomed us to Antigua on our first morning with a big eruption that made our day. It is currently the world’s most active volcano since beginning to erupt steadily in 2002. Perched high on the side of Acatenango, we … Continue reading
Climbing Acatenango: Guatemala’s Third Highest Peak
From Antigua, Acatenango and Fuego seem to be sibling volcanoes, side by each, towering to the southwest of Antigua. We set our sights first, on the taller sibling of Acatenango which at 3976 metres is the third highest volcano in … Continue reading
Welcoming the Light
Just back from an awesome unanticipated “Hat Trick of the Americas” where we celebrated Winter Solstice with a full moon and full lunar eclipse on Volcan Pacaya. We traded our ascent of Volcan Aqua for the opportunity to camp out … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Tajumulco
Tagged Antigua, Guatemala, Lunar Eclipse, Pacaya, Solstice
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Visual Soliloquy #68 Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated not by a single burst of energy or effort…
Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated not by a single burst of energy or effort, but by consistent application of the best you have within you. –Og Mandino
Around Town
Another fine day in Antigua! We met up with the rest of our group which turns out to be smaller than intended as two of the folks are stranded by the blizzard in Heathrow. So we are a group of … Continue reading
Same, Same but Different
Velma the Vanilla Dip Waits to Fly to Guatemala City There is something about getting on an airplane. I just love it. Perhaps, because an airplane is usually a place I feel unusually at leisure in ( I get to … Continue reading
Settling In
Hi, We’ve just moved into our new hotel. We’ve had an awesome time studying Spanish for the past three mornings and loved living with a Guatemalan family especially the five year old that had us all laughing with her antics. … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #67 At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person…
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. –Albert Schweitzer
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #66 The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch…
The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch eventually turns all the shades of the rainbow and stops aching. –Erica Jong
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Arrived Safely In Guatemala
Arrived safely last night after a long day of flying and traffic jams in Guatemala City. Met our host family and went rapidly to sleep as we had started the day at 3 am. Just finished my first morning of … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #65 The true measure of one’s worth lies not where you come to be at journey’s end…
The true measure of one’s worth lies not where you come to be at journey’s end, but in the lives you touch along the way. –Anonymous
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #64 Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal…
Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it. –Eliza Tabor
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #63 To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw,…
To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw, the fasting heart exposed. –Gretel Ehrlich
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Volcan Tajumulco: The Hat Trick of the Americas
Volcán Tajumulco!!! At 4220 metres above sea level, it is the highest peak in Guatemala and the highest peak in Central America! It won’t be my hardest challenge to date. It won’t be the highest. Or the coldest. Or the … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #62 Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.
Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life. –Paulo Coelho
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #61 We all have our time machines…
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams. –Jeremy Irons
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #60 All human wisdom is summed up in two words–wait and hope…
All human wisdom is summed up in two words–wait and hope. –Alexandre Dumas Père
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #59 Our life is composed greatly from dreams…
Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together. –Anais Nin
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Tagged 2010, Chile, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #58 The harder I work the more I live…
The harder I work the more I live. –George Bernard Shaw
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Tagged 2010, Everest, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #57 Faith is a process of leaping into the abyss…
Faith is a process of leaping into the abyss not on the basis of any certainty about where we shall land, but rather on the belief that we shall land. –Carter Hayward [tags 2010, Visual Soliloquy, Photography, Quotes, Nature, Travel]
Visual Soliloquy #56 Be careful what you water your dreams with…
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Oma: Mountain of a Woman
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
Posted in Everest 2010, Life, Tajumulco
Tagged 2010, Everest, Family, mountain of learning, Oma
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Visual Soliloquy ##55 Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home…
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. –Matsuo Basho
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #54 There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief…
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. –Aeschylus
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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It’s Not About the Date
It’s not about the date. Or the presents. Or the food. Or the traditions. So then, what is this “day” we call Christmas all about? That’s the question I’m trying to answer as my family and I are celebrating “Christmas” … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #53 Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment…
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. –Jim Rohn
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Tagged 2010, Nepal, photography, Quotes, Travel
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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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Visual Soliloquy #51 You can never step into the same river…
You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you. –Heraclitus of Ephesus
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Tagged 2010, Gros Morne, Nature, Newfoundland, photography, Quotes, Travel
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