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Hey @memorialuniversity folks, please join me in downloading and using the app. It’s a great tool in helping stop the spread of the virus. Even folks outside of MUN too. Get the app and give me a reply below and I’ll say hello and thanks!!!!!I took an indoor day thus far with the storm and lots of things to do-hope to get out for a walk or shovel before bed. In the meantime, here is my new favourite marsh that I’m exploring in the middle of a snow squall.This tree stopped me for a chat. It introduced me to the sky.The tracks are an invitation to follow. Or not. Go to where they lead. Or not. Open space and big skies beckon. Do I lead or follow? Make tracks or leave them? All big questions I don’t need to answer. It’s Saturday.Today we accepted an adventure invite from the hint of someone else’s ski track. We set out, wondering where the thin track would lead us, and it didn’t disappoint. We skied over several marshes and visited an “off the beaten track” pond. The sun blessed us with its presence for much of the ski and then it hid while snow squalls raced through over and over again.We were up early for today’s outdoor adventure to bike before temps rose & snow got soft. Biked a great loop through #PippyPark & ended with this fabulous view over St. John’s. Having a dose of outdoor time, we’ll settle into work time for the rest of the day feeling centred & refreshed.TA’s Facebook Page
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Great Big Walk Audio Update Day #18
Hey this is TA calling in from Day 18 of the great big walk. Or in Nepali Din otera. We’re at a place called Nasa Karka, so another Karka, another parking lot for yaks. It is our second wood in the campsite … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 3.0, Great Big Walk, Great Himalaya Trail
Tagged 2010, Great Himalaya Trail, Nepal, Post by Voice, School Curriculum
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Tajumulco Photo Gallery
A collection of some of my favourite images from our volcano climbs in Guatemala and Tajumulco, the highest point of both Guatemala and Central America.
Posted in Photo Gallery, Tajumulco
Tagged 2010, climb, Guatemala, Hat Trick of the Americas, volcano
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Visual Soliloquy #84 Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience…
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted in Everest 2010, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, Everest, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Everest 2010 Photo Gallery
Here are some of the favourite images from TA’s Everest 2010 expedition. To read training updates, dispatches from the mountain and follow-up posts, please click here:
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Tagged 2010, climb, Everest, photography, Seven Summits
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Visual Soliloquy #67 At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person…
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. –Albert Schweitzer
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #66 The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch…
The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch eventually turns all the shades of the rainbow and stops aching. –Erica Jong
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #65 The true measure of one’s worth lies not where you come to be at journey’s end…
The true measure of one’s worth lies not where you come to be at journey’s end, but in the lives you touch along the way. –Anonymous
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #64 Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal…
Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it. –Eliza Tabor
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Visual Soliloquy #63 To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw,…
To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw, the fasting heart exposed. –Gretel Ehrlich
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #62 Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.
Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life. –Paulo Coelho
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #61 We all have our time machines…
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams. –Jeremy Irons
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #60 All human wisdom is summed up in two words–wait and hope…
All human wisdom is summed up in two words–wait and hope. –Alexandre Dumas Père
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Visual Soliloquy #59 Our life is composed greatly from dreams…
Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together. –Anais Nin
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Tagged 2010, Chile, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #58 The harder I work the more I live…
The harder I work the more I live. –George Bernard Shaw
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Visual Soliloquy #56 Be careful what you water your dreams with…
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Oma: Mountain of a Woman
While back in Edmonton this week, I had the wonderful fortune of placing my laptop complete with webcam into the lap of my Oma. It was a precious moment as she saw herself appear on the screen in front of … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 2010, Life, Tajumulco
Tagged 2010, Everest, Family, mountain of learning, Oma
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Visual Soliloquy ##55 Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home…
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. –Matsuo Basho
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Visual Soliloquy #54 There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief…
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. –Aeschylus
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It’s Not About the Date
It’s not about the date. Or the presents. Or the food. Or the traditions. So then, what is this “day” we call Christmas all about? That’s the question I’m trying to answer as my family and I are celebrating “Christmas” … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #53 Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment…
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. –Jim Rohn
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Tagged 2010, Nepal, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #52 Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth…
Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves. –Robert Neelly Bellah
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Tagged 2010, Jelly Bean Row, Newfoundand, photography, Quotes, St. John's
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Visual Soliloquy #51 You can never step into the same river…
You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you. –Heraclitus of Ephesus
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Tagged 2010, Gros Morne, Nature, Newfoundland, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #50 Today is your day, your mountain is waiting…
Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. – Dr Seuss
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Tagged 2010, climb, Everest, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #49 Time is a sort of river of passing events…
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.–Marcus Aurelius
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #48 The road of life twists and turns…
The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.–Don Williams, Jr.
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Tagged 2010, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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Visual Soliloquy #47 The idea is to write it so that people hear it…
The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart. –Maya Angelou
Visual Soliloquy #46 Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.
Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance. –Arnold H. Glasow
Visual Soliloquy #45 Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal…
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed. –Wayne Dyer
Wanted: Hat Options for the Hat Trick of the Americas
G’Day, The countdown to the Hat Trick of the Americas has begun and there is one critical decision left to be answered? Which hat should I wear for the climb? Which hat will be called to service on the volcano … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #44 When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but…
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. –Helen Keller
Posted in Everest 2010, Everest-007, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, Nepal, photography, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #43 You can grunt and heave, sweat and strain, wear yourself out…
You can grunt and heave, sweat and strain, wear yourself out, and unless you simply forget about it and step up, you won’t even get off the ground. — Mike Borghoff.
Visual Soliloquy #42
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things. –Pablo Picasso
Nose to the Grindstone
Buenos Domingo, Marian and I are stepping up both our physical training and our Spanish language training in the weeks leading up to our departure for Guatemala and Tajumulco. It’s time to put our noses to the grindstone! We’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Alan Arnette, cold, Fogo Island, Hat Trick of the Americas, nose, run, Vinson
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Visual Soliloquy #41
Just don’t give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. –Ella Fitzgerald
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Visual Soliloquy #40
…I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realised, than lord among those without dreams and desires. – Kahlil Gibran
Visual Soliloquy #39
Your feet will bring you to where your heart is. – Irish Proverb
Visual Soliloquy #38
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine. –Morris West
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Tagged 2010, photography, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #37
Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. –Bo Bennett
Visual Soliloquy #36
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. –Carl Sandburg
Visual Soliloquy #35
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. –Thomas Merton