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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA
TA Latitude:31.53104 Longitude:-6.51224 GPS location Date/Time:09/23/2013 12:08:10 NDT Message:Mountains of Morocco: This is TA and team’s location on their expedition to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/Dy_p5/31.53104N/6.51224W If the above … Continue reading
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Mountains of Morocco: Day 3
We follow the Ikkis river to the cirque at Tiwawakyhe. The ridge offers a remarkable view of Mgoun’s north face and the high valley of the Tessaout River. We stop in an ideal camping place close to the source of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Atlas Mountains, climb, Morocco, Mountains of Morocco, north Africa, School Curriculum, Travel
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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA
TA Latitude:31.56979 Longitude:-6.48309 GPS location Date/Time:09/22/2013 15:40:20 NDT Message:Mountains of Morocco: This is TA and team’s location on their expedition to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/DyNoU/31.56979N/6.48309W If the above … Continue reading
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Mountains Of Morocco: Day 2
Today we will drive 4 hours to the Bougmez valley in the Central Atlas. We meet with the muleteers at Arous and walk for 2 hours to our first camp close to the Azibs n’Ikkis at 2500m. DO YOU KNOW: … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Atlas Mountains, climb, Morocco, Mountains of Morocco, north Africa, School Curriculum, Travel
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Ready for the Desert
Today in the souk we learned how to put on scarves for times in the desert and for times in the city. We saw the area of the central souk where they dye silk and wool. We’re off to the … Continue reading
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Bobsled Stop Sign
One of the joys of travel is paying attention to what is new and different and what is the same, and perhaps universal. When we saw our first stop sign here, we remarked that it looked like some folks riding … Continue reading
Mountains of Morocco: Day 1
Welcome to our Mountains of Morocco expedition. Today is a very exciting day where we meet our entire trekking/climbing team in Marrakech and prepare for departure to the High Atlas Mountains. Each day you can check out our SPOT tracker … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Atlas Mountains, climb, Morocco, Mountains of Morocco, north Africa, School Curriculum, Travel
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Tajine TA
Not to be done by all the M’s, the second post of today will be about the Tajine. Tajine of one of two dishes that Moroccans have for lunch. It involves vegetables, meat, and spiced stock cooked together in the … Continue reading
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This Trip is Brought to You by the Letter M
This trip is being brought to you by the letter M. Marian, Mike, Morocco, Marrakech and mint tea are our M words for today. After a long 24 hours of traveling we got settled into our hotel which is called … Continue reading
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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA
TA Latitude:31.61860 Longitude:-7.98840 GPS location Date/Time:09/20/2013 14:44:38 NDT Message:Mountains of Morocco: This is TA and team’s location on their expedition to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/DwbU7/31.61860N/7.98840W If the above … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #845 Why do you go away?
Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #844 The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes…
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ― Marcel Proust
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Mountains of Morocco: Happy Adventure Eve
This was early last evening… This was mid evening… This was the end result… The bags are packed for Morocco. Happy Adventure Eve. We’re ready to go after seemingly endless to-do lists (why is it that everything left undone for … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Atlas Mountains, climb, Morocco, Mountains of Morocco, School Curriculum, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #834 I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. ― Mary Anne Radmacher
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Tagged 2013, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #842 Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world…
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. ― Gustave Flaubert
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Tagged 2013, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #841 I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there…
I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there. ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Visual Soliloquy #840 Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote…
Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life. ― Michael Palin
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Tagged 2013, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #839 The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep…
The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.- E. Joseph Cossman
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Visual Soliloquy #838 Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt…
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.- Lao-tzu
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Rooting Around Twillingate
One of the more unique activities you can do in Twillingate is searching for root cellars. Thus far, 232 root cellars have been found and recorded; many are easily spotted from roads and others can be found in further-flung locations. … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #837 Laughter is the sound of the soul dancing. My soul probably looks like Fred Astaire…
Laughter is the sound of the soul dancing. My soul probably looks like Fred Astaire. ― Jarod Kintz
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Visual Soliloquy #836 Butterflies are self propelled flowers…
Butterflies are self propelled flowers. –R.H. Heinlein
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Tagged 2013, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Trails of Twillingate: Hospital Pond Trail
With all of our travels in and around Twillingate, we’d never hiked the Hospital Pond Trail until today. What a delightful walk! The pond is just behind the Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital and the trail starts with two entry … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #835 We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls…
We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. ― Anaïs Nin
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Foraging Fun in Twillingate
After a fine weekend at the Newfoundland and Labrador Mushroom Foray on Fogo Island, Marian and I dropped in to see our friends, Deb and Wilma, the innkeepers at the Anchor Inn and Suites. We stole them away from their … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, A time in Twillingate, Anchor Inn, Nature, photography, Twilingate, wild edibles
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Visual Soliloquy #834 No matter how much time passes…
No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. ― Haruki Murakami
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Visual Soliloquy #833 We should not judge people by their peak of excellence…
This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2012.php We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. Henry Ward Beecher
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Visual Soliloquy #832 Dream Big and Dare To Fail…
Dream Big and Dare To Fail –Norman Vaughan
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Visual Soliloquy #831 This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is…
This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues. –Diana Nyad Congratulations to Diana Nyad on completion of her extreme dream of swimming from Cuba to Florida without a … Continue reading
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Dreaming in Public
I remember, after returning from my climb on Everest in 2010, doing a presentation and referring to my position as a “public dreamer” or as someone who shares her dreams in public. With the advent of social media, we are … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, climb, Diana Nyad, dreaming in public, public dreamers, Seven Summits, Sheilagh O'Leary, tickle swim, train
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Visual Soliloquy #830 The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her…
The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #829 My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass…
My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass. ― Leslie Grimutter
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Visual Soliloquy #828 There wouldn’t be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one…
There wouldn’t be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one. ― Frances Clark
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Visual Soliloquy #827 It is precisely the possibility of realizing a dream that makes life interesting…
It is precisely the possibility of realizing a dream that makes life interesting. –Paulo Coelho
“Worked Capacity”
My training program currently has three kinds of work-outs: strength, endurance, and work capacity. Today was work capacity or as I now feel, “worked capacity.” The goal of a work capacity workout is to increase one’s capacity to work. I … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #826 From the very beginning perplexing and wandering from one ocean to another an everlasting wander…
From the very beginning perplexing and wandering from one ocean to another an everlasting wander ― Rixa White
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“Strong Like Bull”
One of my dad’s favourite expressions was “strong like bull” He used this to describe strong flavours, strong materials, and strong people. He always believed in my strength and frequently said, “You are strong like bull.” This past week, training … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 pond summer, 2013, climb, Mountains of Morocco, train, Travel
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