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Category Archives: Life
Calls from the Field: All Around the Circle
As part of my All Around the Circle Exhibit as part of the Unscripted Festival, opening in Twillingate on September 4, I am making it easy for folks to listen to the calls I made in from the field. As … Continue reading
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Tagged AATC, All around the Circle, I'se da B'y, media arts, photography, Twillingate, Unscripted Festival
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Labrador Day 10: We Made it Back to Cartwright
Our kayaks at our last camp before paddling to Cartwright this morning from North River. What a time we had! Ten days of amazing experiences paddling from Rigolet to Cartwright. I look forward to sharing more pictures and photos over … Continue reading
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AATC: Looking Back at the Circle-Expedition Summary
Our sea kayaking expedition was inspired by the well-known and loved Newfoundland folk song, I’s the B’y. Our goal, like the song’s lyrics, was to paddle “All Around the Circle,” exploring the rugged and picturesque Notre Dame Bay coastline while, … Continue reading
Posted in All around the Circle, Life, Newfoundland, Sea Kayak, Water
Tagged adventure, All around the Circle, camping, expedition, Fogo, Folklore, I's the B'y, kayaking, Moreton's Harbour, Nature, Newfoundland and Labrador, photography, Post by Voice, Royal Canadian Geographic Society, sea kayak, Travel
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AATC Day 13: We’ve Gone All Around the Circle
Oh We’ve gone all around the circle!! We landed this afternoon back on the beach from which we left. Big challenging conditions but so excited, proud, and thrilled to have completed our expedition so not many pictures of today’s paddle. … Continue reading
AATC Day 12: Codjacks Cove
A windy forecast kept us on the beach today. We have one more pivotal paddle rounding the top of South Twillingate Island to complete our All Around the Circle expedition. It’s has been pouring rain all morning starting just as … Continue reading
AATC Day 11: An Audio Post from Codjacks Cove
Day 11 is complete, and we reached Codjacks Cove. Listen to our audio call below. We completed the expedition as RCGS Expedition Grantees and we thank the society for their support!
Posted in All around the Circle, Life, Newfoundland, Sea Kayak, Water
Tagged 2024, AATC, All around the Circle, expedition, Fogo, Folklore, I's the B'y, Moreton's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, photography, Post by Voice, Royal Canadian Geographic Society, sea kayak, Travel, Twillingate
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AATC Day 10: Paddle Magic Around Every Point
This will be brief. Today was awesome. Big paddling. Calm paddling. Cool paddling. Warm paddling. Paddling with whales. Even cooler was magic around many points: friends coming out in fast craft to say hello and take photos, surprising a dear … Continue reading
AATC Day 9: I’s the B’y Who Builds the Boat
We were winded off again today. We used the morning to prepare for our intended departure tomorrow by doing some making, marking maps, charging batteries, and ask local folks to share their knowledge of the coastline ahead. Chores done, we … Continue reading
AATC Day 8: A Whale of a Windy Day
With the high wind and waves, we were invited to our first shore/rest day of the expedition. As we were finishing breakfast, Bev came by our campsite to say that if we could be there in 15 minutes, there was … Continue reading
AATC Day 7: Hip Your Partner
We are camped in Sandy Cove tonight and when we paddled in, it seemed like a tropical paradise. Sandy, warm, and turquoise water had us pinching ourselves. Could this be real? It was indeed and we received such a warm … Continue reading
AATC Day 6: The Quiet of the Cove
I’m sitting under our rain tarp hiding from the sun in Cape Cove. We decided the weather was favourable for going around this formidable head at the corner of Fogo Island with a stiff breeze from the Southeast. We had … Continue reading
AATC Day 5: An Audio Post from Little Seldom
Day 5 is complete, and we reached Little Seldom. Listen to our audio call below. We are conducting this expedition as RCGS Expedition Grantees and we thank the society for their support!
AATC Day 5: Arrival on Fogo Island!!!
We made it to Fogo Island and we paddled here! This was one of the big moments we hoped for on this trip but of course, was highly weather dependent. We had an early start so we could cross the … Continue reading
AATC Day 4: An Audio Post from the Port Albert Peninsula
Day 4 is complete, and we reached the Port Albert Peninsula. Listen to our audio call below. We are conducting this expedition as RCGS Expedition Grantees and we thank the society for their support! View our current location on the … Continue reading
Posted in All around the Circle, Life, Newfoundland, Sea Kayak, Water
Tagged 2024, All around the Circle, expedition, Fogo, Folklore, I's the B'y, Moreton's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, photography, Post by Voice, Royal Canadian Geographic Society, sea kayak, Travel, Twillingate
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AATC Day 3: Finding Our Groove
We’ve adopted an early to bed, early to rise paddling schedule so the picture above is me making breakfast before sunrise. Today’s paddle was fantastic! The coastline was rocky and treed with several Bald Eagles keeping watch as we paddled … Continue reading
Posted in All around the Circle, Life, Newfoundland, Sea Kayak, Water
Tagged 2024, All around the Circle, expedition, Fogo, Folklore, I's the B'y, Moreton's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, photography, Post by Voice, Royal Canadian Geographic Society, sea kayak, Travel, Twillingate
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AATC Day 2: An Audio Post from Intricate Harbour
Day 2 is complete, and we reached Intricate Harbour. Listen to our audio call below. We are conducting this expedition as RCGS Expedition Grantees and we thank the society for their support! View our current location on the All Around … Continue reading
Posted in All around the Circle, Life, Newfoundland, Sea Kayak, Water
Tagged 2024, All around the Circle, expedition, Fogo, Folklore, I's the B'y, Moreton's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, photography, Post by Voice, Royal Canadian Geographic Society, sea kayak, Travel, Twillingate
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AATC Day 1: An Audio Post from Moreton’s Harbour
Day 1 is complete, and we reached Moreton’s Harbour. Listen to our audio call below. We are conducting this expedition as RCGS Expedition Grantees and we thank the society for their support! This is our current location on the All … Continue reading
A Circle of Rhubarb Chutney, Salt Fish, and Paddling
With a mounting to-do list, I really didn’t need to add making rhubarb chutney and pickling burdock root to my day but I had no choice really. With garden fresh produce calling for my attention and with a limited window … Continue reading
Revisiting Making A Mountain out of a Molehill: A “Climb” of Denmark’s Highest Peak
A Repost from July 9, 2011 I’m getting ready to venture soon to IOERC10 soon in Japan and that had me thinking about my first IOERC conference in Denmark. I completed one of my favourite (and quickest country high points) … Continue reading
Happy New Year from Signal Hill
Marian and I took a stroll up Signal Hill yesterday to celebrate the New Year, get some movement and physical activity into our day, and enjoy the view. As usual, Signal Hill didn’t disappoint. I’ve been working on my website and … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Loca-venturing, Winter
Tagged 2024, Happy New Year, photography, Signal Hill
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TA’s Guide to the Winter Wonderverse
I’m on a mission to help people fall in love with winter. Tall order. I know winter makes so many folks’ lives so much more difficult and filled with barriers, so I continue to advocate for sidewalk snow clearing, winter … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Vinson, Winter
Tagged 2022, fall in love with winter, getoutdoors, hints, layering, outside, Winter, winterverse, Wonderverse
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How Living With/Through the COVID-19 Pandemic is Like Climbing Everest
With the spike in COVID-19 cases here in my region after months of doing fantastic keeping the virus at bay, I was thinking about our collective grief, sadness, anger, and sense of overwhelm at feeling like we are back at … Continue reading
Posted in Aconcagua, Everest 2010, Everest 3.0, Everest-007, Life
Tagged #HoldFastNL, 2021, COVID-19, Deh Cho, Everest, expeditionary learning, Mackenzie River
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Ten Hints for Hiking the East Coast Trail in Winter
The East Coast Trail can be enjoyed in all seasons but winter can be especially magical with the interaction of snow, ice, and water. The trail is not groomed nor maintained in winter so you have to be prepared to … Continue reading
Almost Everything I Needed to Know about Getting Through Tough Times, I Learned on Aconcagua (and other mountains)
It feels like I’m on an expedition and I don’t know when this expedition will end. That’s new, because most of my expeditions have an end date when the float plane comes, when the climbing season ends due to monsoon, … Continue reading
Get Away to the Mountains, the Deserts and the Deepest Recesses of the Earth-A Found Piece of Writing
Here on 2-20-20, another fine odometer moment, I delved into a little Finder clean-up/re-org and found this piece I’d written some time ago. Given all the skiing we’ve been doing this winter and given our soon to be departure to … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Ski
Tagged 2020, Baffin Island, exploring, Greenland, Matty McNair, polar
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Making the List: 90 Great Canadian Explorers
I am humbled once again to be recognized by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society by my inclusion in their 90 Greatest Canadian Explorers List. Of course, whenever a list is made, many noteworthy, awesome, & deserving folks are left off … Continue reading
Posted in Aconcagua, Ama Dablam, Canoe, Elbrus, Everest 2010, Everest 3.0, Everest-007, Fire&Ice17, Great Big Walk, Great Himalaya Trail, Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Kanairiktok River, Kilimanjaro, Labrador, Life, Lungta Livyers, Mountaineering, Nepal, Newfoundland, Ojos, Orizaba, Paddle 2 Peaks, Paddling North, Pumori, River With Two Names, Sea Kayak, Ski, Tajumulco, Tibet Bike, Toubkal, Vinson, Volcanopalooza
Tagged 2020, 90 Greatest Canadian Explorers, adventure, Adventurous Decade Countdown, decadeofadventure, explore, Royal Canadian Geographic Society
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Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2019: Pretty Big Walk and River with Two Names
To finish off this countdown, (which has been pretty darn fun to do–thanks for coming along), I’ll leave you with two expeditions from the past year. Our climb of Yala Peak, occurred during our Pretty Big Walk expedition in April … Continue reading
Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2018: How Paddling North is Like Climbing Everest and 2.5 Million Paddle Strokes
Happy New Year! Since I didn’t quite manage to get the countdown completed before the new year dawned (oh well-it was more fun to ski than stare at my laptop), here is 2018’s entry. With a 90-day expedition that year, … Continue reading
Happy New Year 2020! Every Moment is New
The year has just turned to 2020…what a lovely odometer year! Those who have followed me for awhile know that I am a fan of odometer moments. Turns out that I have several posts that explain this love of mine. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, adventure, Adventurous Decade Countdown, explore, Happy New Year
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Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2017: Lungta Livyers #14 Tigers, Lions, Garudas, and Dragons Oh My: First Day in Bhutan and Helicopters and Hands.
Today is a two-fer…one entry looking back just after 2017 began and one entry from when we first landed in Bhutan. Enjoy! Originally Posted on September 27, 2017 “But wait,” you doth protest. “Where is update number 13?” It’s in the … Continue reading
Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2016: Everest 3.0: Out of the Fog, Flights to Nowhere, and Seeing the Mountain Blush
Originally Posted on November 2, 2016 It’s been a foggy day here. Reminiscent of many other foggy days. One in particular, where I had a flight to Halifax. We took off in fog and flew almost all the way to Halifax … Continue reading
Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2014: GHT and L is for Lessons, Lots of Lessons: Ama Dablam Wrap-Up
Two expeditions to invite you to today…the first isn’t a specific post but over a hundred-in 2014, Marian and I spent 2.5 months trekking and climbing on the Great Himalayan Trail from the Eastern border with India to the Bigu … Continue reading
Posted in Great Big Walk, Great Himalaya Trail, Life, Mountaineering, Nepal
Tagged 2019, Adventurous Decade Countdown
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Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2013: Aoraki/Mount Cook: Reflections on a Rich Week
This was originally posted on December 5, 2013. I’d just finished my attempt at Aoraki/Mount Cook. Enjoy! When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and … Continue reading
Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2012: What Comes, Comes… Orizaba for Oma and Beyond
This post comes on the heels of our attempt on Orizaba, the highest peak in Mexico and the third highest in North America. It was originally posted on October 29, 2012. Three words. One comma. A philosophy of life. Oma’s … Continue reading
Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2011: Vinson Vignette #1: Lost for Words
This adventurous decade countdown post comes from when I recently returned from climbing the highest peak in Antarctica in December 2011 and was trying to find words to describe the vast white place I had just experienced. It was originally … Continue reading
Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2010: Motorcycle Satori
Happy Holidays Season to you and yours. I thought I would jump on the bandwagon on decade count-downs and share some posts from the past over the days to the New Year and Decade. I’ll choose a post from each … Continue reading
River with Two Names: The Rest of the Story
Eight years after completing our epic descent of the Notakwanon River, four of us (Mark Dykeman, Darren McDonald, Marian Wissink and I) returned to Labrador for two weeks to tackle another river, Mark and Darren in sea kayaks, Marion and … Continue reading
Posted in Canoe, Labrador, Life, River With Two Names
Tagged Adlatok, canoe, Labrador, Life, River With Two Names, Ugtoklok
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River with Two Names: My Canoe Got Bigger
Looking over the bow of our canoe, it is much bigger now. We traded our smaller boats for a ride on the Kamutik W from Hopedale to Goose Bay. We traded the calm solitude of the wilderness for the intense … Continue reading
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D14 Paddling portion finished 2day in Hopedale. Foggy cold morning gave ephemeral views. Last night in tents. Ferry south 2morrow. Lovely to explore Hopedale. View the location or send a reply to TA Loeffler: https://us0.inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=aa5249be-d68b-4d5e-b6cc-387e936854c5&adr=miyu735rowe%40post.wordpress.com TA Loeffler sent this message … Continue reading
Posted in Canoe, Labrador, Life, River With Two Names
Tagged Adlatok, canoe, Labrador, Ugtoklok
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D13 Hilltop view of islands South reveal shades & hues of blue that we could only imagine B4 2day. High perch beats heat & bugs. Coastal rock swirls & layers. View the location or send a reply to TA Loeffler: … Continue reading
Posted in Canoe, Labrador, Life, River With Two Names
Tagged Adlatok, canoe, Labrador, Ugtoklok
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TA Loeffler's Adventures that Move 