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Proud of HKR 2545/3220 student performance yesterday. 3 degrees, wind to 60 km/h, & rain. We were out practicing their outdoor living & leadership skills & from the smiles-rocking it! Warm, dry, & comfortable in foul weather-that's adventurous learning at its finest! @memorialuniversity @memorialustudentsWe were driving home from teaching outside, looking forward to a hot dinner, and looked over at Long Pond. It was like glass and we both said, “Let’s go paddling.” The pond was three feet higher than yesterday and we shared its glassy surface with muskrats, ducks, and ducklings. A truly peaceful end to a lovely albeit cold and rainy day out. The sun may have even peaked out for a minute or two.When a big view makes you feel small on the outside and big on the inside.The barachois in Freshwater Bay always captures my attention (and provides an invite to pause and look) while on a hike on the @eastcoasttrail #hikenlFor camera club tonight, I needed to find some images to submit...knowing that summits are happening on Everest right now-I dropped back 13 years and found some pics from that expedition to share. Interesting to revisit and see what the ability to process the images can do and bring forth some images I haven't shared much before (note-the first one is one I use sometimes in presentations but the others are newly shared. Enjoy and to the summit and safe return for all seekers of and workers in support of high places.Visited my favourite brook tonight on a scouting hike and made a deposit into my “blue mind” account-water is a powerful energy for the mind and soul.TA’s Facebook Page
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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Visual Soliloquy #752 You have to do what you can, do your best with what you are. And you have to believe in wilderness…
You have to do what you can, do your best with what you are. And you have to believe in wilderness. If you do that you can’t go wrong. – Kirk Albert Walter Wipper
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Visual Soliloquy #751 Clouds very high look not one word helped them get up there…
Clouds very high look not one word helped them get up there. ― Ikkyu
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Visual Soliloquy #750 Education is not filling a pail, but lighting a fire…
Education is not filling a pail, but lighting a fire. –William Butler Yeats Congratulations to all of the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation students who convocate today! Enjoy your day, celebrate your achievements and go light some fires.
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Canoeing Twillingate…
Marian and I hemmed and hawed about whether or not we’d bring our sea kayaks to Twillingate this time. In the end, we decided to bring our canoe…a 16 foot Esquif Prospecteur…because we’re doing a canoe trip on the Main … Continue reading
Ice…We’ve spotted some icebergs
No matter how many times, I’ve seen an iceberg, there is always excitement in seeing another…we’re off to see if we can get a closer look or find a pond to canoe in, whichever comes first.
A Geocaching We Will Go…More Adventures to be had in Twillingate
Our afternoon’s intrepid adventure started out from the Anchor Inn and Suites. We set out, smart phones/GPS in hands, ready to treasure hunt/geocache in both the urban and wilds of Twillingate. Bright colours and bright smiles adorned us as we … Continue reading
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Looking for Root Cellars in Tgate
A great pre dinner walk checking out some root cellars in Twillingate. They have many of the geo-tagged but we found this one on our own and had a lovely coastal bushwhacked back to the Anchor Inn to boot! Another … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #749 Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers…
Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey. ― Pat Conroy
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Visual Soliloquy #748 There are several ways to react to being lost. One is to panic…
There are several ways to react to being lost. One is to panic: this was usually Valentina’s first impulse. Another is to abandon yourself to lostness, to allow the fact that you’ve misplaced yourself to change the way you experience … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #747 It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end…
It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end. ― Ursula K. Le Guin
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Visual Soliloquy #746 That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing…
That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. ― Simone de Beauvoir
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Visual Soliloquy #745 All things in this world must be seen with youthful, hopeful eyes…
All things in this world must be seen with youthful, hopeful eyes. – Henry David Thoreau
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Visual Soliloquy #744 Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top…
Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower you cannot buy with money or be given by others..it rises from your heart. –Junko Tabai
Visual Soliloquy #743 Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but witho ut it we go nowhere…
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.–Carl Sagan
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Visual Soliloquy #742 If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it…
If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.–Steve Jobs file:///Users/TA/Desktop/945890_10152794441130551_117780212_n.jpg
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Visual Soliloquy #741 The greatest competitor you’ll ever come up against is self doubt…
The greatest competitor you’ll ever come up against is self doubt. – John McGrath
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Peaks and Passes Extends Many Thanks to HKR 4210 Students
I hope you have enjoyed following along on this expedition and that you tried out some of the suggested activities along the way. The activities were developed by students in HKR 4210: Teaching Leadership through Physical Activity class that I … Continue reading
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From Tea House to Raj Palace
We made quite the transition this morning transferring via twin otter from the small mountain village of Lukla to the chaotic metropolis of Kathmandu. We also moved from simple tea house to former Raj Palace-the Shankar Hotel. After 24 days … Continue reading
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Peaks and Passes Day 25: May 9
Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 25: We hope to take an early morning flight to Kathmandu Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? The jet stream buffets the top of Everest with hurricane force winds for much of the … Continue reading
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Peaks and Passes Day 24: May 8
Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 24: Our final days trekking following the Dudh Khosi mostly downhill but with a last climb up to Lukla. We say goodbye to our support crew in traditional style. We stay in a tea house. … Continue reading
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Life in the Lukla Bardo
As you can see from this picture, we’re still in Lukla. Heading off to visit the Gompa and hoping for clear skies tomorrow morning.
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Peaks and Passes Day 23: May 7
Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 23: Trekking via Thyangboche where we stop for a visit to the Monastery, and via the settlements of Phunki Tenga and Kangjuma, we reach Namche Bazaar. Camp (3440m). Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU … Continue reading
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11,707 Metres Gained and Now Back in Lukla
We made our last big climb into Lukla this afternoon and enjoyed a treat at the German Bakery that is attached to our guest house. We had “pig’s ears” as Oma called them or butterfly Wing cookies as they are … Continue reading
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Peaks and Passes Day 22: May 6
Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 22: Descending the Imja Khola Valley via Dingboche we reach the main Khumbu Valley and pass through the village of Pangboche to our halt at Deboche. Camp (3710m). Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU … Continue reading
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Peaks and Passes Day 21: May 5
Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 21: An early start for the ascent of Island Peak at 6187m./20,299ft. After taking in the spectacular 360 panorama from the summit we descend to our base camp. Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU … Continue reading
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TA Latitude:27.58717 Longitude:86.74562 GPS location Date/Time:05/05/2013 05:25:41 NDT Message:Peaks and Passes: This is TA and her team’s location on their Mera Peak to Island Peak Expedition in Nepal… Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/Bxq5Y/27.58717N/86.74562E If … Continue reading
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Peaks and Passes Day 20: May 4
Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 20: A contingency day in case of delays to our schedule do far. May be used as a rest day or to split the ascent of Island Peak over two days with a high camp. … Continue reading
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Peaks and Passes Day 19: May 3
Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 19: Scree slopes and an icefall are tackled to gain the Amphu Labtsa (5700m). We now descend fixed ropes to the Imja Glacier and trek to our base camp for Island Peak. Fun Fact of … Continue reading
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TA Latitude:27.62598 Longitude:86.79686 GPS location Date/Time:05/03/2013 07:23:24 NDT Message:Peaks and Passes: This is TA and her team’s location on their Mera Peak to Island Peak Expedition in Nepal… Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/BwIby/27.62598N/86.79686E If … Continue reading
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Peaks and Passes Day 18: May 2
Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 18: A rest day. The guides and Sherpas ascend the Amphu Labtsa to establish fixed lines and prepare the pass for tomorrow’s crossing. Camp. Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? Most climbers attempt … Continue reading
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Peaks and Passes Day 17: May 1
Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 17: Passing beneath the giant west face of Chamlang we follow the Hongu Khola and finally the Hongu Glacier to the holy site of Panch Pokhri (five lakes). Camp (5400 meters). Fun Fact of the … Continue reading
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