Monthly Archives: March 2016

Everest 3.0: Questions, Questions, Questions…and Answers To Be Determined

Posted on March 30, 2016 by TA Loeffler

I put out a call today for questions that people have about climbing Everest, my preparations, and the like. The response has been awesome and I’ve got some very thoughtful questions to answer. What a gift! Thanks so much. Some … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: One, Two, Three…Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Posted on March 27, 2016 by TA Loeffler

I get these ideas. These days, these ideas are mostly about training. Sometimes, as my mom used to say, “My eyes are bigger than my stomach,” and I dream up ridiculous training ideas that I have to back-off from. Sweet … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Five Ways to Help TA Climb Everest

Posted on March 25, 2016 by TA Loeffler

If all goes well, two months from now, I will be high on Mount Everest, perhaps even on my summit bid. Between the realization of a (nearly) lifelong dream and now, there is still more training, tons of packing, oodles … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Dear Media (and other fine folks)…

Posted on March 24, 2016 by TA Loeffler

Dear Media (and other fine folks), Should it come to pass that I eventually stand (or more likely sit or kneel) on the summit of Mount Everest, please don’t say I conquered the mountain. Or conquered my fear. Or conquered … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Visualizing the Whole Hog

Posted on March 21, 2016 by TA Loeffler

In three weeks time, I’ll have just arrived in Kathmandu after 24 hours of travel. It’s starting to be the time of count-downs and calculations. How many hockey games left to play before I go? How many pounds of snacks … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #1246 First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day…

Posted on March 21, 2016 by TA Loeffler

First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. –Haile Gebreselassie  

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Everest 3.0: Summiting Everest as Performance

Posted on March 18, 2016 by TA Loeffler

I was asked by an undergraduate theatre student who is studying the idea of summiting Everest as performance to answer some questions for an end of semester paper. Given time is easily filled right now with tasks, I thought I … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #1245 I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble…

Posted on March 17, 2016 by TA Loeffler

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. –Helen Keller

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Visual Soliloquy #1244 Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself…

Posted on March 15, 2016 by TA Loeffler

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. ― William Faulkner

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Everest 3.0: Introducing TA’s Everest 2016 Logo

Posted on March 14, 2016 by TA Loeffler

OK folks…here it is…hot off the presses/embroidery machine…introducing my Everest 2016 logo. I designed it myself. It has three Everests in graduated sizes combining into one Everest. It shares the same colours as my Everest 2010 logo in which three … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #1243 Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did…

Posted on March 11, 2016 by TA Loeffler

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. –Newt Gingrich

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Visual Soliloquy # 1242 By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest…

Posted on March 7, 2016 by TA Loeffler

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. –Confucius

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Visual Soliloquy #1941 Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul…

Posted on March 5, 2016 by TA Loeffler

Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #1240 Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action…

Posted on March 4, 2016 by TA Loeffler

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. –Peter Drucker

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Everest 3.0: Mind over Mask

Posted on March 3, 2016 by TA Loeffler

I’ve started practicing with a mask. I like to practice all parts of a climb that I can (while living at sea level) so that when summit day comes, I’ll have my systems all in order. I will be climbing … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #1239 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…

Posted on March 1, 2016 by TA Loeffler

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. — … Continue reading →

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