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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Great Big Walk: Visit to Kopan
We had an awesome day yesterday settling into Kathmandu life. We visited Raj and saw how his new trekking office renos we’re going. Lunch at Nargila with fresh lemon soda and the adventure of buying a Nepali SIM card for … Continue reading
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We made it to Kathmandu
This is our view from breakfast. We arrived in Kathmandu late last night (the evaporation of flight from Delhi to KTM meant we were moved to the evening flight). With power load shedding, the portion of the city from the … Continue reading
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5, 4, 3, 2, 1, GO! For a Great Big Walk
Bags are packed. No sleeps left. No hockey games left. A few more things on the to-do list left to do and then 34 hours of travel. We fly St. John’s to Halifax to London to Delhi to Kathmandu. We … Continue reading
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Packing for The Great Big Walk: Stage Five
Stage Five: Close and weigh bags. Breathe sigh of relief. Go attend to the 50 other things still on the to do list. Try to get some sleep.
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Packing for The Great Big Walk:Stage Four
Stage Four: Tame the Chaos All the decisions have been made and clothing and sleeping systems tamed into bags. Next step, bag the bags.
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Packing for the Great Big Walk: Stage Three
Stage Three: Now that all gear has been pulled, it’s time for final decisions and grouping supplies into categories for bagging. This is our mini repair kit. It will allow us to patch our thermarests, resole our boots, and fix … Continue reading
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Packing for The Great Big Walk: Stage Two
Stage Two: it gets worse before it gets better!
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Let The Serious Packing Begin for The Great Big Walk
And so it begins… Step One: Start pulling all the gear on the list.
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Visual Soliloquy #950 Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect…
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ― Mark Twain
Great Big Walk SPOT Testing #1
TA Latitude:47.57008 Longitude:-52.70300 GPS location Date/Time:02/19/2014 20:06:00 NST Message:Great Big Walk: This is TA & Marian’s location on the Great Himalaya Trail in Nepal. Thanks for walking along. Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/Ffe2x/47.57008N/52.70300W If … Continue reading
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Audio Post Testing from St. John’s
Great Big Walk acknowledges the support of the Memorial University of Newfoundland Quick Start Fund for Public Engagement in making these updates from the field possible.
Visual Soliloquy #949 Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing…
Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.–Oscar Wilde
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Visual Soliloquy #948 Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to live…
Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to live. ― Adele Brookman
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Kathmandu Things I’m Looking Forward to on the Great Big Walk
These are a few of my favourite things about Kathamndu…we’ll be there in ten days! 1) Landing in Kathamndu and heading down to the Nargila for a fresh lemon soda and a plate of hummus! (Fresh lemon soda is fresh … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #947 Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them…
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. ― Lemony Snicket
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Great Big Walk: Not Quite There, Not Quite Here
It’s an awkward place. Not quite there. Not quite here. In between. Here. And. There. Preparations coming fast and furious while concluding and finishing happens simultaneously. How much yogurt do we need to finish off? Will we eat that big … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #946 If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one…
If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one. – Dolly Parton
Visual Soliloquy #945 Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation…
Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation. ― Robert H. Schuller
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Visual Soliloquy #944 We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed…
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #943 A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking…
A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking. ― Dan Chaon
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Visual Soliloquy #942 Skiing is a dance, and the mountain always leads…
Skiing is a dance, and the mountain always leads. ~Author Unknown
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Visual Soliloquy #941 I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops…
I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops. ― Nikki Giovanni
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Visual Soliloquy #940 To try is to invite uncertainty. Where confidence goes, success usually follows…
To try is to invite uncertainty. Where confidence goes, success usually follows. ― Wayne Gerard Trotman
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Visual Soliloquy #939 When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels…
When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels. – Unknown
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Visual Soliloquy #938 A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end – and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral…
A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end – and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral. –Maynard James Keenan A circle is the reflection of … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #937 We love the things we love for what they are…
We love the things we love for what they are. ― Robert Frost
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Five Things I’m Looking Forward To on The Great Big Walk
1) Seeing lots and lots of prayer flags. Prayer flags are flown on high passes, on summits and around stupas and other holy places in Nepal. The different colours represent the different elements. The flags have prayers/intentions printed on them … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #936 Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world…
Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world. ― Rebecca Solnit
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Visual Soliloquy #935 Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls…
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. ― Kahlil Gibran
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21 Sleeps, 16 Hockey Games, and 6 Home-cooked Meals…the Countdowns Have Begin
As is the case with most expeditions, there comes a time where the countdowns begin. My injured finger has finally allowed me to return to hockey and so I decided to count how many games remain in this season…16! Of … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #934 I have woven a parachute out of everything broken…
I have woven a parachute out of everything broken. ~William Stafford
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Visual Soliloquy #933 If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride…
If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride. ― Karen Horney
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Visual Soliloquy #932 Winter is the time for stories, staying fast by the glow of fire. And outside, in the darkness, the stars are brighter than you can possibly imagine…
Winter is the time for stories, staying fast by the glow of fire. And outside, in the darkness, the stars are brighter than you can possibly imagine. ― Isabel Greenberg
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Visual Soliloquy #931 Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering…
Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering. ― Haruki Murakami
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