Monthly Archives: April 2016

Audio Post Camp 1 – Everest 3.0 Day 19

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Audio Post Everest Base Camp – Everest 3.0 Day 18 #3

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Everest 3.0: Find Your Fit Friday

  Find Your Fit! is a provincial physical activity promotions/communications campaign designed to get individuals motivated and moving towards healthy, active living.  The Find Your Fit! website is an excellent resource for physical activity throughout the lifespan.Quote for the Day Quote of the … Continue reading

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Audio Post Everest Base Camp – Everest 3.0 Day 18 #2

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Everest 3.0: Avalanches, Diamonds, and a Dress Rehearsal

We’re all safely back in base camp… Just the other day, Hugo and I remarked that it had been very quiet at base camp in regards to avalanches. In past, we might have heard 5-6 per day but we hadn’t … Continue reading

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Audio Post Everest Base Camp – Everest 3.0 Day 18

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:28.00377 Longitude:86.85580 GPS location Date/Time:04/28/2016 21:15:37 NDT Message:Everest 3.0: This is TA’s location on Everest. Send warm wishes & good thoughts. To the summit & safe return! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/WWF-b/28.00377N/86.85580E If … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Plate Tectonics

Quote of the Day: “Live your life each day as you would climb mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point” – Harold … Continue reading

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Audio Post Everest Base Camp – Everst 3.0 Day 17 #2

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Everest 3.0: Between the Curtains

This is the view from my little blue house. Everything inside has a slightly blue cast. During the day, you can crack open the door and let more naturally coloured light into the space. It reminds me a bit of … Continue reading

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Audio Post Everest Base Camp – Everest 3.0 Day 17

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Everest 3.0: Prayer Flags and the Khumbu Icefall

It is great to hear from so many schools that they are learning about and making prayer flags. They captivate with their bright colours, connections to the elements, and beauty in natural settings. Prayer flags are an important part of … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Leave No Trace In Action

Quote of the Day: “If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options. You can climb it and cross to the other side. You can go around it. You can dig under it. You can fly over it. … Continue reading

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Audio Post Everest Base Camp – Everst 3.0 Day 16

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Everest 3.0: Puja at Base Camp

This morning, after breakfast, we had our Puja at base camp. The entire team attended the Puja including all climbers, climbing sherpas, and kitchen staff. The Puja began with two our our Sherpas chanting together from the dharma (teachings of … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Climbing the Mountain

Quote of the Day: “May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” – Edward Abbey Did You Know? When climbers go on long expeditions, they have … Continue reading

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Audio Post Everest Base Camp – Everest 3.0 Day 15

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Everest 3.0: Up, Way Up

Here Climber Smurf is posing with the Khumbu Glacier, Khumbu Icefall, the West Shoulder, and the summit pyramid of Everest. For those who remember Michael Smith, this is where in 2007 and 2010, I build an inukshuk for him and … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Prayer Flags

Quote of the Day: “You must climb before you can enjoy the view” – Unknown Did you Know? There is 66% less oxygen in each breath on the summit of Everest than at sea level Activity Suggestion: Making Prayer Flags … Continue reading

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Audio Post Everest Base Camp – Everest 3.0 Day 14

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Everest 3.0: Making Ourselves a Home

You’re looking down on our wonderful, comfy cozy base camp. My tent is the closest blue one you can see. Hugo and Dendi pioneered the use of bigger “tiny home” sized tents in 2012 and they are wonderful. They are … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Arrival at Base Camp…Only One Direction to Go…Up

I would be lying if I said today’s trek to base camp was easy. In fact, it was one of the hardest days I’ve had in the mountains. I felt, as we say in Newfoundland, that the arse had come … Continue reading

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Audio Post Everest Base Camp – Everest 3.0 Day 13

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Audio Post Loboche – Everest 3.0 Day 12

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Everest 3.0: Pangboche to Loboche

After yesterday’s big day, today’s hike to Loboche was a little more user friendly. We climbed back up to the saddle above Dingboche to the small stupa and then descended a wee bit to the gently sloping peat covered bench … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:27.94838 Longitude:86.81049 GPS location Date/Time:04/23/2016 04:41:31 NDT Message:Everest 3.0: This is TA’s location on Everest. Send warm wishes & good thoughts. To the summit & safe return! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/WLllg/27.94838N/86.81049E If … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Find Your Fit Friday

Find Your Fit! is a provincial physical activity promotions/communications campaign designed to get individuals motivated and moving towards healthy, active living. Quote for the Day Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.  Nature’s peace will flow into you as … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Hard But Good…Acclimatization is Impermanent

Today’s trek up Nagarsang was hard. Really hard. But good. In the end. Today reminded me of the quote, “High altitude climbing is like hitting your head against the wall, they both feel good when you stop.” We had breakfast … Continue reading

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Audio Post Nagarsang – Everest 3.0 Day 11

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Everest 3.0: The Trek from Pangboche

After our Puja with Lama Geshe, we trekked from Pangboche to Dingboche. We’ve left the trees behind and small scrubs dot the landscape. Stone walls mark pastures and fields. Along the way we were treated to our fourth view of … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Puja Blessings from Lama Geshe

Today was a day of blessings and memories. In the picture above, Lama Geshe is tying a protection cord around my neck. The red cord, which is called a sungdi in the Sherpa language, has a special knot that Lama … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Famous Explorers

Quote of the Day: “Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So… get on your way!” – Dr. Seuss Did you Know?  The first attempt to summit mount Everest was in 1922 however no one actually summited until 1953 Suggested … Continue reading

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Audio Post Dingboche – Everest 3.0 Day 10

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:27.89210 Longitude:86.82850 GPS location Date/Time:04/21/2016 06:07:37 NDT Message:Everest 3.0: This is TA’s location on Everest. Send warm wishes & good thoughts. To the summit & safe return! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/WI7NX/27.89210N/86.82850E If … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Things Big and Small

This was the view of Everest that greeted us as we rounded the corner from Namche. Three days in a row. It’s getting a lite closer each day. Everest was the biggest thing I saw today but I also saw … Continue reading

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Audio Post Pangboche – Everest 3.0 Day 9

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Everest 3.0: Leave No Trace

  Quote of the Day: “Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.” – Greg Child Did You Know? Apa Sherpa holds the world record for the most Mount Everest … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:27.85419 Longitude:86.78998 GPS location Date/Time:04/20/2016 09:35:51 NDT Message:Everest 3.0: This is TA’s location on Everest. Send warm wishes & good thoughts. To the summit & safe return! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/WGOvX/27.85419N/86.78998E If … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0: Climbing Equipment

Quote of the Day: “May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.” – Harley King Did You Know? Sharon Wood was the first North American Woman to summit Mount Everest in … Continue reading

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Audio Post Namche Bazaar – Everest 3.0 Day 8

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