Monthly Archives: October 2014

D is for Dark & Deary: Ama Dablam #14

I am one of the few who are looking forward to having the clocks fall back this weekend. The morning training has started out in the pitch black these days and now the sunset doesn’t happen until after I’m done. … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #1045 You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment…

You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and … Continue reading

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A is for Anxiety: Ama Dablam #13

I am less than two weeks to Ama Dablam. As usual, I’m not sure where the time went in the lead up to the climb, I just know I don’t quite feel ready. Though, if I am honest, I suspect … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #1044 In moments of stillness, there are glimpses of possibility…

In moments of stillness, there are glimpses of possibility. –TA Loeffler

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Visual Soliloquy #1043 Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation…

Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation. ― Ann Voskamp  

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Visual Soliloquy #1042 A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead…

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead. ― Graham Greene

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Visual Soliloquy #1041 Having a vested interest in other souls unconditionally creates a ripple effect that produces miracles in the lives of those around us…

Having a vested interest in other souls unconditionally creates a ripple effect that produces miracles in the lives of those around us. ― Molly Friedenfeld

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Visual Soliloquy #1040 When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too…

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. ― Paulo Coelho

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Visual Soliloquy #1039 Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom…

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ― Marcel Proust

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Visual Soliloquy #1038 The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true…

The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true. –Ralph Marston

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Visual Soliloquy #1037 It’s not living if you don’t reach for the sky. I’ll have tears as you take off but I’ll cheer as you fly…

It’s not living if you don’t trench for the sky. I’ll have tears as you tale off but I’ll cheer as you fly. –Mark harris

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Visual Soliloquy #1036 Fall has always been my favourite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale..

Fall has always been my favourite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale. ― Lauren DeStefano

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Visual Soliloquy #1035 Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year…

Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year. ― Chad Sugg

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Visual Soliloquy #1034 Chase down your passion like it’s the last bus of the night…

Chase down your passion like it’s the last bus of the night. ~Terri Guillemets

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Visual Soliloquy #1033 The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears…

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears. -Dan Stevens

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Visual Soliloquy #1032 There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk…

There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk. ― Guy Gavriel Kay

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Visual Soliloquy #1031 A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature…

A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. ― Henry David Thoreau

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Visual Soliloquy #1030 Mountaineering is more of a quest for self-fulfilment than a victory over others or over nature…

Mountaineering is more of a quest for self-fulfilment than a victory over others or over nature. The true mountaineer knows that he has not conquered a mountain by standing on its summit for a few fleeting moments. Only when the … Continue reading

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D is for Double Double: Ama Dablam #12

It was a double double day on Signal Hill today because I saw both the sunrise and the sunset from the top of the hill. I was on my own this morning do some stair climbing with pack weight. This … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #1029 My experiences remind me that it’s those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful…

My experiences remind me that it’s those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful. ― Kelly Clarkson

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Visual Soliloquy #1028 To the complaint, ‘There are no people in these photographs,’ I respond, There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer…

To the complaint, ‘There are no people in these photographs,’ I respond, There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer. ― Ansel Adams

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M is for Morne, Gros Morne: Ama Dablam #11

Marian and I travelled back across the island to Gros Morne National Park again this weekend to teach at the Becoming an Outdoors Workshop. We stayed an extra day to do our second climb of Gros Morne together. To increase … Continue reading

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