Monthly Archives: April 2012

Audio Post – Camp #1

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Audio Post

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Where’s TA?

TA Latitude:69.99859 Longitude:-25.13458 GPS location Date/Time:04/17/2012 16:28:40 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7cn2v/69.99859N/25.13458W If the … Continue reading

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Audio Post – Cool Spot

TA called in a cool spot that she was at today! Listen in

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Where’s TA?

TA Latitude:70.02048 Longitude:-25.01456 GPS location Date/Time:04/17/2012 10:05:10 NDT Message:This is a cool spot on TA’s Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition…Listen to her update for details Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7caS9/70.02048N/25.01456W If the … Continue reading

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Totally Artistic Tuesday April 17

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? If you are only allowed to stay outside with your friends until its dark out, ask your parents to move to Greenland! During the Arctic summer, the sun never sets! Today’s Activity … Continue reading

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Marvelous Map Monday April 16

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? Greenland is the largest island in the world! Today’s Activity Our first Marvelous Map Monday activity is to locate on a map, Gunnbjørn Fjeld, the mountain TA and her team are climbing … Continue reading

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Audio Post

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Spectacular Sunday April 15

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? That reindeer live all over Greenland in areas that are not covered with ice. Maybe this is where Santa gets his recruitments for his sled

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Hello from Greenland

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Where’s TA?

TA Latitude:70.74443 Longitude:-22.64444 GPS location Date/Time:04/14/2012 12:16:42 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7asdO/70.74443N/22.64444W If the … Continue reading

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Super Saturday April 14

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? That musk-oxen’s live in Greenland! These shaggy animals stand about four feet tall and are a smaller relative of the  prehistoric giant musk-ox  

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Hail, Hail the Gang is All Here

Good Evening, Just in from our first team dinner. Martin (from Germany) and team leader, Paul Rose (from the UK), arrived late this afternoon. Upon easy conversation, Martin and I discovered we both enjoy sea kayaking as well as other … Continue reading

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Spot the SPOT. Where’s. TA?

TA Latitude:64.1423 Longitude:-21.92703 GPS location Date/Time:04/13/2012 09:49:30 NDT Message:This is a cool spot on TA’s Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition…Quiz. Which famous Reykjavik landmark was I near when I pushed my SPOT?  Putyour answers in the comments below. … Continue reading

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Hello from Iceland

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Where’s TA?

TA Latitude:64.13927 Longitude:-21.91986 GPS location Date/Time:04/12/2012 12:44:11 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7Zfmr/64.13927N/21.91986W If the … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #500 Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter…

I’m humbled to have reached the milestone of 500 Visual Soliloquies…it’s been a good contemplative practice to try to match words that inspire me with images that do the same.  Thanks for all of your support and comments on the … Continue reading

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You’re Invited to Go for Greenland!

Preparations for my Go for Greenland expedition are almost complete.  I would love to have you along. I received a logistics briefing for the first part of the expedition today…it’s getting real and moving into the “Hurry Up and Wait” … Continue reading

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Boot Parkas!

Hot off the sewing machine…Marian is amazing…parkas for my feet. Now I’m feeling totally OK about minus 27!  

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On the Cusp of a New Adventure: Sea Fever…Err..Ice Fever

The day is frantic with last minute things to do but this video came to my attention and I paused to watch it.  I loved how Alastair Humphreys put into words and images, why we go (or at least why they … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #499 The deepest rivers make least din, the silent soule doth most abound in care…

The deepest rivers make least din, the silent soule doth most abound in care. ~William Alexander

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Three Days and Counting…

These base camps are where our Greenland expedition will come to a close…those coordinates will become magical entities as we hone in on our final challenge of Gunnbjørn Fjeld but at the moment, there are other more pressing challenges. Like, … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #498 Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experi ence the world in the way they have been told to…

Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to. – Alan Keightley

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Visual Soliloquy #497 Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken…

Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken. – Frank Herbert

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What Would You Name A Mountain?

Sometimes when someone climbs a mountain that no one has climbed before, they get to name it.  If you had such an honour, what would you name a mountain and why? PS…The mountain above already has one…it’s name is Nupse … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #496 I love to travel, but hate to arrive…

I love to travel, but hate to arrive. – Albert Einstein

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The Prep, The Whole Prep, and Nothing But the Prep

Sometimes a holiday is positioned right where you need one…and today’s was no exception. I can’t remember a day in recent history (i.e. the last decade :-)) when I spent the entire day at home. I only left the house … Continue reading

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Greenland Expedition 2012 Led By Paul Rose

As my departure date is nearing (April 11), I wanted to introduce the leader of my Greenland Expedition, Paul Rose.  I have not yet met him in person but we’ve been exchanging emails and I look forward to shaking his … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #495 It is solved by walking…

It is solved by walking. – Algerian proverb

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Flat Stanley 3.0 is in the House

One of my teammates for Greenland arrived in the mail today. His name is Flat Stanley. He was squished flat by a bulletin board and he now flies around the world via air mail. Flat Stanley has been recruited by … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #494 It is not down in any map; true places never are…

It is not down in any map; true places never are. – Herman Melville

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Visual Soliloquy #493 We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend…

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Visual Soliloquy #492 To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions…

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions. – Sam Keen

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Questions from Bishop Abraham Grade Four

Regular readers of my blog will recognize the name Heather Courage. She is a reader of Everest books, climber of Signal Hill (nearing 425 ascents), and long time supporter of mine. When the call went out for schools/classes to follow … Continue reading

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Test Audio Dispatch from Memorial University

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Visual Soliloquy #491 If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart…

If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.- Buddha

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Which Book Would You Choose?

Let’s just say, hypothetically, that you were going a long, hard expedition in a remote place and you could take along just ONE book to read…it is your only entertainment, information, and inspiration for over 30 days…which book would it … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #490 Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns…

Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. ~Author Unknown

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