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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #26

Hey this is TA calling in from Day 26 of the great big walk from the village of Chantan at an elevation of 2187 m. It was another great day here on the great big walk and the big news is cumutivaley … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #25

Hey Namaste from Day 25 of the great big walk. We are located in a karka and if you remember a karka is a yak pasture and I wish you could hear the yak bells because actually this karka comes with lots … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #24

Hey this is TA calling from Day 24. Some of you that know me know that 24 is my favorite number. An elevation of 3492 and the village is called Sadom. We actually walked downhill today for about 7 hours. Losing about … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #22

Hey this is TA calling in from Day 22 of the great big walk, which I think today should actually rightly be called the great big climb. We’ve had a big day here on the great big walk climb. We had snow … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #21

Hey this is TA calling in from Day 21. From an elevation of 4000 m, in a little Karka. A little yak pasture beside the Ding samba khola. We gained about 800m today, to position ourselves to move to our high camp … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #20

Hey this is TA calling in from Day 20 from the great big walk. It is a rest day here so we’ve been doing laundry and getting clean and all those kind of things we do on rest days. At times … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #19

Hey this is TA calling in from Day 19. From Olangchung Gola Nepal at an elevation of about 3 200 m and it indeed was a great big day on the great big walk. We set some records for us so far. … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #17

Hey this is TA calling in from Day 17 of the great big walk. All 5 of us are here making this podcast in our wonderful blue kitchen tent because it is snowing and it’s pretty chilly today here at this elevation … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #16

Hey happy day 16 from the great big walk here in Ghunsa at an elevation of 3595 m above sea level. You can see that we’ve dropped another 600 m or so and I can even walk and talk and … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #15

Hey this is TA calling in from Kampuchea again, we’re back down. It seems like a lifetime ago since we were here. Even though it was 48 hours ago. I wasn’t particularly tired till i sat down. Now I am and I … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #14

Hey this is TA calling you from Kanchenjunga base camp on Friday find your fit or actually as I usually say, find your fit Friday. We actually found our fit quite a bit today as we wandered up here to … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Day 10: To Ghunsa (3595m)

To Ghunsa (3595m) The stage to Ghunsa marks a change in the scenery with rhododendron, camellias and azaleas along the trail. We pass by the village of Phale, a Tibetan refugee settlement where it is possible to purchase handicrafts and … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #9

Hey this is TA and Marian calling in from the great big walk. Another great day of walking here, about five hours of the great big walk today. I’ve travelled somewhere in the vicinity of about 10 km and gained about 800 … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Day 9: To Gyabla (2730m)

To Gyabla (2730m) The valley begins to widen on the stage to Gyabla, and rather than climbing up and down it is a more gradual and steady ascent until we reach the outskirts of the pretty village of Gyabla.  The … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #8

Hey this is TA calling in from Amjilosa. Day 8. We’ve had a great walk today. I had 18,819 steps. Actually about 300 more since we actually got here to camp. Marian had 17 682. The big news is that we broke … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #7

“Hey this is TA calling in from day 7 on the great big walk and it is find your fit Friday. So hopefully you’re finding a way to find your fit. The most important thing about finding your fit is that it … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #6

“Hey this is TA calling in from day 6 of the Great Big Walk. We are in the village of Chiruwa at an elevation of 1286 meters and we had a great big walk today. I had 25,258 steps and … Continue reading

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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #5

“Hey this is TA calling in from Mitlung, Nepal. Thanks for listening! First off, I just wanted to start by thanking the Memorial University of Newfoundland offices Engagement for making these audio updates possible, and also thanks to my communications … Continue reading

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inReach message from TA Loeffler

Hello from Soti Khola. Setting up camp. The drive had some super muddy parts. The driver was excellent. Ready for a Pretty Big Walk. Day One is in the books. View the location or send a reply to TA Loeffler: … Continue reading

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TA’s Adventures

TA loves to share expeditions with schools and the community in engaging ways. Recently, TA completed her sixth paddling expedition in Labrador.  This expedition was called the River with Two Names. In April 2019, TA completed another section of the Great … Continue reading

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TA’s Adventures that Move

“Mountains are both journey and destination. They summon us to climb their slopes, explore their canyons, and attempt their summits. The summit, despite months of preparation and toil, is never guaranteed though tastes of sweet nectar when reached. If my … Continue reading

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“Mountains are both journey and destination. They summon us to climb their slopes, explore their canyons, and attempt their summits. The summit, despite months of preparation and toil, is never guaranteed though tastes of sweet nectar when reached. If my … Continue reading

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Exploring a Forgotten Trail: Hiking the Avondale River

Since March, Marian and I have been exploring and adventuring closer to home. We’ve been pushing ourselves to find and fall in love with new outdoor places rather than stick to all the places we already adore. We skied until … Continue reading

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Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2015: Three for the Price of One!

I couldn’t decide on only one post from 2015 so I’ve included three: one from our expedition to El Salvador to climb the country’s highest volcanoes–that expedition was called Volcanopalooza. The second one is the wrap-up from my short, but … Continue reading

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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

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Team #Skiarail Goes Coast to Coast to Completion

My friend, Heather, wrote to say she likes to play, “Where in the world is TA?” She said, “I know you could be anywhere.” Well, Heather-you might be surprised that I am not that far from home but a world … 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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Mission 5959 Wrap-Up: Listening to Whispers and the Dragon’s Tongue

Getting to the top is optional, getting back down is mandatory. A lot of people forget about that.― Ed Viesturs I’ve read several of Ed Viesturs’ books. He is the first American to summit all 14 8000 metre peaks without … Continue reading

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Et tu, Brute?

This is Brutus. Brutus probably weighs about 50 pounds with the rim in. Brutus is new to Signal Hill and is still getting broken in so that’s how it got its name. It’s a brut to pull up hill. I’ve … Continue reading

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Use Vitamin N to Increase The Benefits of Physical Activity

Want to maximize your work-out?  Take it outside…a growing body of research is showing that you will work harder, enjoy it more, de-stress, and stick with it longer if you get some Vitamin N.  Below are links to some recent … Continue reading

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Surfing Lessons for a Strong Life

We had our first surfing lesson today. Jason, who could easily be a stand in for a Greek statue, picked us up and sped us off to what he called one of the world’s finest surfing beaches for beginners. A … Continue reading

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Everest 3.0

One of the first questions I’m asked when people find out that I wasn’t able to summit Everest is, “Will you try again?” I wonder if they ask people who make it to the top the same question. Typically not, … Continue reading

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Everest 2010: Heading Home

May 19 – Goodbye EBC…For Now Hi this is TA calling in from Everest base camp for the last time on this expedition. We welcomed home our summiteers from all points higher than this, and hearing their stories, and seeing … Continue reading

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Everest 2010: Week Six

This week TAs pesky urinary tract infection forced her to seek refuge at lower elevation in the village of Pheriche. But now, feeling better TA is back at base camp and is preparing to head back into the ice fall. … Continue reading

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Everest 2010: Week Five

Resting 4/27/2010 Hi this is TA calling in from the village of Pheriche at 4220m, and look I can talk in full sentences down here in the thick air. Mango and I walked down in about 5 hours today and … Continue reading

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Everest 2010: Week Four

April 15 – Housekeeping Hi this is TA calling in from Everest base camp, the sun has just set behind the ridge so the temperature is about to plummet. I’m sitting in my nicely reorganized tent, today was a rest … Continue reading

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Everest 2010: Week Three

Another week and another round of Everest 2010 updates. TA and the crew made it all the way to Everest base camp this week, so now the real climbing begins. As always these updates are being brought to you by … Continue reading

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Everest 2010: Week One

March 25th – Kathmandu How Are You? Hi this is TA and Marian calling in from the rooftop of the Nirvana Guest Hotel in Kathmandu, we had a long day of flights and now we are getting settled in and … 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

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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

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