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For a brief time each spring and fall, the sun rises through the St. John’s Harbour narrows bringing memorable mornings to light. I’m pleased to share this morning’s version with you. Enjoy!Sunrise in St. John’s is a busy time of day. Here the Atlantic Osprey heads out the narrows.Some landscapes make you feel big and small at the same time…I will admit that one of my favourite spots in the world is sitting on the edge of a cliff. Any cliff. A seaside cliff is bonus like the maraschino cherry on top of a sundae. Spillar’s Cove has an abundance of cliffs to catch a view from…just saying.Where’s TA? Right and wrong answers only.Caught Marian watching the sunset from the Queen’s Battery on Signal Hill on our evening walkabout.TA’s Facebook Page
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Everest 3.0: Questions, Questions, Questions…and Answers To Be Determined
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
Everest 3.0: One, Two, Three…Where the Rubber Meets the Road
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
Everest 3.0: Five Ways to Help TA Climb Everest
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
Everest 3.0: Dear Media (and other fine folks)…
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
Everest 3.0: Visualizing the Whole Hog
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
Visual Soliloquy #1246 First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day…
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
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
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…
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…
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
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
Visual Soliloquy #1243 Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did…
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. –Newt Gingrich
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…
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…
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
Visual Soliloquy #1240 Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action…
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
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
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…
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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