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Author Archives: TA Loeffler
In Between a Rock and a Gear Place
Happy Daylight Savings Time, My apologies to Saskatchewanians and Arizonans for the exclusive greeting but you are probably used to it at this time of year! I’m bathed in the low angled light of dusk and a thick blanket of … Continue reading
Summit Socks and Send-Offs: Off to Everest 2010 Very Soon-We Hope You will Join Us!
Howdy to All, March is here and the Everest 2010 Advent Calendar’s doors are half open! The remainder of the road trip went well with two presentations in Calgary and I’ve been busy since my return trying to take items … Continue reading
Road Trip
Happy 2010 Olympics! Another seven doors are open on the Everest advent calendar and I’ve had a good trip out west. After months of wrangling with various bureaucracies, it finally worked for me to pay a visit to the University … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Arnette, hockey, Olympics, RNL, Seven Summits, UNC Greeley
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Everest Advent
Howdy, I can’t believe another week has flown by and I’ve added another 16.6 ascents of Signal Hill into the mix! The tire pulling crew dragged their way up 3.5 times this week and we were joined by Deb Shortall … Continue reading
Life in the Zone(s)
Happy Valentine’s Day, I try to pay close attention to my heart. Both my physical heart and my emotional heart. On this day, where we celebrate the loves in our lives, I thought I would write about a connection I’ve … Continue reading
Shakedown for the Summit
Happy Snow Day, Sitting here in my chair after an epic climb of Signal Hill to do some gear testing in today’s big blizzard. When I saw the forecast, “Snow at times heavy and blowing snow. Amount 20 cm. Wind … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 2010
Tagged Everest 2010, gear, kickboxing, MEC, Tire Pull, training, Tuk to Tierra
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Ladder Practice for the Khumbu
Greetings from Another Week, Downtown St. John’s is a cacophony of colorful rectangular houses whose front doors open onto the street and whose back doors open into secret gardens that double as cat paradises. Today Marian and I had the … Continue reading
Flat Stanley is in the House
Good Morning, I’m back in my chair after a whirlwind road trip to the far side of the province. Marian and I headed out Friday morning to drive to Gambo. There I did a first–I presented at Smallwood Academy … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 2010
Tagged CC Loughlin, Flat Stanley, Marble Mountain, Newfoundland, Ocean View Hotel, school presentation
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A New Altitude
Good Evening, In an unusual moment, I am lost for words. In the scale of human tragedy, this week’s earthquake in Haiti has given me (and most folks I know) an occasion for pause, for prayer, and for sorting out … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Everest 2010
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Avoiding “Insanity”
Howdy, It’s near the end of the first week of my Camp Two training phase and it’s been an interesting week of activity and reflection. This week was a bit of a rest week with a few parts of the … Continue reading
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Happy 2010
Happy New Year! Wow! It’s 2010 and today is a palindrome (01022010), as an odometer moment queen* that’s pretty exciting! (* An odometer moment queen is someone who is fond of numerical fun such as the time 12:34:56 and car … Continue reading
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Happy Boxing Day!
It’s been a quiet relaxing few days around here as I timed my training to take a few rest days around the holidays. I had trained eight days solid since returning from Edmonton so spending Christmas Eve and Dad doing … Continue reading
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Pumping Up the Volume
Happy Solstice to All, After an intense month, this week was indeed much lighter and I look forward to the return of more illumination day by day over the next months. I always enjoy celebrating the two solstices but … Continue reading
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Joys and Sorrows
Good Icy Cold Morning to You, The combination of minus 45 degrees C and ice fog this morning at the Edmonton International Airport means we’re spending an additional day here. Our flight was cancelled and given big travel volumes, we … Continue reading
Off to Powder Ski Slopes
Good Morning, I’m up early to write from a different chair. It’s been a big week on the metaphorical mountain and I know forming and sharing the words will help me reflect and process the deeper meaning of it … Continue reading
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A New Elevation
Good Morning, When climbing a high altitude peak, we don’t just climb it once. We climb it at least twice, perhaps three of four times. In order to acclimatize properly, mountaineers use a strategy of “Climb High, Sleep Low.” … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Everest 2010
Tagged climb, grief, high altitude, mountain, training
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Down River
Happy US Thanksgiving! As I look forward to this week, where my friends south of the 49th parallel will be celebrating Thanksgiving, I am thankful that last week went as well as it could have and that Marian came … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 2010
Tagged Buddhist Learning, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, love, raft, rapid, surgery, training, whitewater
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With Glowing Heart
Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! The title of one of the many books I read a book in grad school stayed with me over the years: “We Make the Road by Walking” because it so aptly describes the unfolding … Continue reading
The Deep Well
Good Morning to All, The early morning, early winter light is draping the South Side Hills in a gentle blanket of rose taffeta. As I glance out the window, my gaze lowers to the delightfully delicate blossoms on our … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 2010
Tagged Allied Health Services, award, Buddhist Learning, curriculum, Egg Producers of NL, generosity, gratitute, mountain of learning, Oma, Pumori, Sponsors
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They Fly Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease–Not!
Bunny, Bunny! Somewhere along the way I learned that the first thing we should say on the morning of a new month is “Bunny, Bunny,” so it seemed like an apt greeting for today. Welcome back to standard time for … Continue reading
Summit Number Five!!!
G’ Day Mates from the Snowy Mountains of Australia, Two weeks ago, I was shocked to learn of the huge amounts of snow remaining in the Snowy Mountains this year and promptly went and added snowshoes to my packing … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to All, I’m back sitting in my chair. Last Sunday I sat in a different chair, beside my dad in his hospital room in Edmonton. He gave us all quite a scare but is doing much better … Continue reading
Climb High, Sleep Low
Good Morning to All, I often receive kudos for what I do. This morning I am giving myself kudos for what I am not doing. It’s a beautiful Sunday morning and I want nothing more than to be out … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 2010
Tagged HR zones, logo, mountain of learning, Sponsors, training
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Choosing the Mountain
Happy Autumn or Spring! We’re having a delightful fall day here with warmth, sunshine, and the full possibilities that harvest season brings. Sitting here in my favourite chair sipping on mint tea taken from our deck garden boxes, roasting … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 2010
Tagged Elbrus Climb for my Dad, Prostate Cancer Canada, Relay for Life
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Climbing Gros Morne
Greetings from Gros Morne, Some dreams take longer to percolate than others. I had hoped to ascend Gros Morne as part of the Long Range Traverse in 1996 but there were no transmitters available so we were limited to camping … Continue reading
Mountain of Learning
September is the month of starting again. In the Northern Hemisphere it’s a time of back to school with all the excitement and anxiety of a new school, new grade, new teacher. In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s a time of … Continue reading
Momentum: Bodies in Motion
>Howdy, Sitting here typing with blue stained finger tips having picked and processed 15 litres of blueberries. Marian, Nolan, and I had a fine time wondering through the Tilton Barrens on a dual mission of checking out an orienteering map … Continue reading
Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Climbing Everest, I Learned at Firefighter Camp
Hello to All, After a full and intense week, it’s good to sit a spell and reflect on all the rich lessons I received this week. In the course of my climbing training, I’ve opted to pursue “Ring of Fire” … Continue reading
Flash Rust
Howdy, Catching a few minutes pause between coats of rust-inhibiting paint on our old claw foot tub. It got moved out on the deck on Friday and I’ve had intimate lessons in the concept of flash rust. Basically, one shouldn’t … Continue reading
Laying the Foundation
Happy 214th Day of the Year, How did it get to be August? How did it get to be Sunday evening? It was another rich week of settling back into post-mountain life both looking back and looking ahead. It seems … Continue reading
Mountains and Motorcycles
Happy Tely Ten Day to All, On the last Sunday of every July, a growing number of people find their way to Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador to walk, run, and roll their way ten miles (16 km) to the finish … Continue reading
Elbrus…the rest of the story
Greetings from Moscow to All, The Cliff Notes version… I went to Russia and I climbed Mount Elbrus (5642 metres). It was a great climb and I learned a lot! For those Paul Harvey fans, the rest of the story… … Continue reading
Elbrus Updates
HI All, Here is a composite of TA's most recent posts from Elbrus Foot of the Mountain Elbrus #5 Hi this is TA calling in from the foot of Mount Elbrus in Russia. We arrived here after … Continue reading
River of Weddings: Elbrus Update #3
Happy Fourth of July to all my US Friends, Another fine day in Moscow. Six of us set out to enjoy a boat tour of the Moscow River. Fortunately, the Metro stop for the boat trip was the same one … Continue reading
Cyrillic Adventures: Elbrus Update #2
Hello from Moscow, I probably knew just enough to get myself in trouble. Not enough to know which station I was heading for or which one to transfer at or even if I needed to transfer. Perhaps I should have … Continue reading
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Tagged climb, Elbrus Climb for my Dad, prostate cancer, Seven Summits
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Out of the Bardo: Elbrus Update #1
Greetings from Moscow, The bardo, in Tibetan, is the place between death and birth; a transition zone between the last existence and the next. For me, in this life, the airplane is the nearest experience to the bardo I can … Continue reading
Posted in Elbrus
Tagged Buddhist Learning, Elbrus Climb for my Dad, Seven Summits, Tim Horton's
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Off to Elbrus
Happy Saturday Night, “It’s Saturday night and I don’t got nobody…I got some money because I just got paid, oh how I want someone to talk to…” Writing a bit early this week because I’m home alone, laid up with … Continue reading
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Tagged climb, Donate, Elbrus Climb for my Dad, prostate cancer, Seven Summits
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This Little Light of Mine
Happy Solstice, As we were eating breakfast yesterday, we heard a siren. And then another. And another. One more. Hearing this much action on Duckworth drew me to the window and I saw four police cars round the corner. Behind … Continue reading
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Tagged AppleCore Interactive, Donate, Elbrus Climb for my Dad, prostate cancer, Ride for Dad, Seven Summits, Sponsors
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Wear Blue and Climb Birthday Bash on Signal Hill
Greetings from the Ides of June, OK…perhaps dancing on Saturday night wasn’t the smartest move given how sore my leg is today. But it is such a rare event that I feel comfortable enough in a setting to dance that … Continue reading
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Tagged climb, Donate, Elbrus Climb for my Dad, mountain, Seven Summits, Wear Blue
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Step by Step
Greetings to All, Thanks to all who jumped aboard my Facebook Group! (http://bit.ly/TAEverest2010) For those that don’t do Facebook, have no worries, I’ll continue to send out weekly updates via email as well! I backpacked to the summit of the … Continue reading
Posted in Elbrus, Everest 2010
Tagged Elbrus Climb for my Dad, prostate cancer, Seven Summits
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