Search
-
Join 2,510 other subscribers
Book TA as a Speaker

Expedition Photo Galleries

-
TA’s Recent Blog Posts
Explore TA's Website
Aconcagua All around the Circle Ama Dablam Aoraki/Mount Cook Buddhism Canoe Canyons Denali Elbrus Elbrus-06 Everest-007 Everest 3.0 Everest 2010 Find Your Fit Fire&Ice17 Great Big Walk Great Himalaya Trail Gunnbjørn Fjeld Kanairiktok River Kerry Way Kilimanjaro Labrador Life Loca-venturing Logan Lungta Livyers Memorial University Mera & Island Mission 5959 Mountaineering Newfoundland Ojos Orizaba Paddle 2 Peaks Paddling North Photo Gallery Photography Pretty Big Walk Pumori River With Two Names Sea Kayak Ski Tajumulco Tibet Bike Toubkal Video Vinson Visual Soliloquy Volcanopalooza WaterTA’s Latest Publication

TA’s Facebook Page
Blog Tags
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2024
- Adlatok
- adventure
- All around the Circle
- Antarctica
- Athabasca River
- Atlas Mountains
- Buddhism
- Canada
- canoe
- Churchill River
- climb
- El Salvador
- Everest
- Everest 3.0. school curriculum
- Everest 2010
- expedition
- Find Your Fit
- Fogo
- Folklore
- GHT
- Go for Greenland
- Great Himalaya Trail
- Guatemala
- I's the B'y
- Iceland
- Kanairiktok River
- Karuna
- Kilimanjaro
- Labrador
- Lojong Slogans
- Lungta
- Mackenzie River
- Mission 5959
- Mista Shipu
- Moreton's Harbour
- Morocco
- Mountains of Morocco
- Nature
- Nepal
- Newfoundland
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Notakwanon River
- Nunatsiavut
- peak
- photography
- Post by Voice
- prayer flags
- Quotes
- Royal Canadian Geographic Society
- School Curriculum
- sea kayak
- Seven Summits
- Slave River
- train
- training
- Travel
- trek
- Twillingate
- Ugtoklok
- Vinson
- volcanoes
- What's TA Climbing Next?
- WOKies
- Yukon
Tag Archives: 2015
Visual Soliloquy #1196 What’s so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you’re constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that…
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1195 But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you…
Let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1194 Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods…
Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. –John Muir
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1193 When great trees fall…
When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know…
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. — Pema Chödrön
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1192 Never confuse movement with action…
Never confuse movement with action. ― Ernest Hemingway
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1191 The possible’s slow fuse is lit by the imagination…
The possible’s slow fuse is lit by the imagination. – Emily Dickinson
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1190 And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair…
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ― Kahlil Gibran
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1189 There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk…
There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk. ― Guy Gavriel Kay
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1188 I’ve had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain…
I’ve had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys. But through this entire ride called ‘a life’ – I’ve refused to give up. –Robin … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1187 Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure…
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. ― Paulo Coelho
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1186 Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come…
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1185 Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment…
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. -Jim Rohn
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Twillingate…Totally Awesome Adventures
I’ve been coming to Twillingate for some time now. Each time, I’ve found adventures around every corner, on land and sea, in town, on trails and beyond. I’ve just had the privilege of being here for my longest visit ever … Continue reading
Posted in Newfoundland
Tagged 2015, Travel, Twillingate, Unscripted Digital Media Arts Festival
2 Comments
Rooting for Adventure in Twillingate
Sometimes it’s best to tell a story from end to beginning. So here is our intrepid group at the end of our experience of seeing where an unscripted walk, searching for root cellars, would take us. We are holding root … Continue reading
Posted in Newfoundland
Tagged 2015, root cellars, Twillingate, Unscripted Digital Media Arts Festival
1 Comment
Buns on the Beach
This morning we left on an adventure. With red bags filled with baking gear, we headed off toward the trailhead. We took a left at the sign and headed over to French Beach. We stopped and nibbled on a few … Continue reading
Foraging for Adventure with Adventurous Foragers
A gorgeous day greeted us as we headed out on our “Foraging for Adventure” workshop at the Unscripted Twillingate Digital Media Arts Festival. Starting with Newfoundland’s iconic berry, we began our day looking at blueberries in lots of new ways…the … Continue reading
Posted in Newfoundland
Tagged 2015, Digital MEdia, Twillingate, Unscripted Digital Media Arts Festival, Unscripted Festival
1 Comment
Audio Post from the Top of Twillingate
Posted in Newfoundland
Tagged 2015, Twillingate, Unscripted Digital Media Arts Festival
Leave a comment
SPOT Check-In from the Top of Twillingate
TA Latitude:49.62207 Longitude:-54.74759 GPS location Date/Time:09/22/2015 12:00:30 NDT Message:This is our Unscripted Twillingate Media Arts Festival location. We’re out capturing adventure all over town! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/Qra4E/49.62207N/54.74759W If the above link does … Continue reading
Posted in Newfoundland
Tagged 2015, Twilingate, Unscripted Digital Media Arts Festival
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1184 I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples…
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. ― Mother Teresa
Visual Soliloquy #1183 I dream my painting and I paint my dream…
I dream my painting and I paint my dream. ― Vincent van Gogh
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1182 Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don’t, who will?
Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don’t, who will? –Jon Bon Jovi
Visual Soliloquy #1181 I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it…
–I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. Pablo Picasso
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1180 Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much…
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ― Helen Keller
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1179 I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below…
I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. –Daniel Boone
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1178 Delight in itself is the approach of sanity. Delight is to open our eyes to the reality of the situation rather than siding with this or that point of view…
Delight in itself is the approach of sanity. Delight is to open our eyes to the reality of the situation rather than siding with this or that point of view. – Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1177 Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning…
Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning. ― Truman Capote
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1176 No, not conquer, that is too foolish a word. Any person who scales a mountain is still but a person, a transient speck compared to the immensity and permanence of a mountain…
No, not conquer, that is too foolish a word. Any person who scales a mountain is still but a person, a transient speck compared to the immensity and permanence of a mountain. ― James Rozoff
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1175 You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out…
You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out. –Steve Jobs
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1174 When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction…
When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you reach in both directions, you will have … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1173 Everyone must believe in something. I believe I’ll go canoeing …
Everyone must believe in something, I believe I’ll go canoeing. –Henry David Thoreau
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1172 It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation…
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. ― Herman Melville
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1171 Your happiness is at the intersection of your passions and learning from great people…
Your happiness is at the intersection of your passions and learning from great people. –Scott Weiss
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1170 Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books…
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. -John Lubbock
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1169 Feel your emotions, Live true your passions, Keep still your mind…
Feel your emotions, Live true your passions, Keep still your mind. ― Geoffrey M. Gluckman
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1168 Each flower is a soul opening out to nature…
Each flower is a soul opening out to nature. – Gerald De Nerval
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1167 Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth…
Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. ~Diane Ackerman
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Shipiskan to the Sea: An Attempt at Words about Canoeing on the Kanairiktok River
It’s almost always hardest to capture the hard work of outdoor adventure because you are too busy doing it to stop and take pictures. Sometimes the work of finding the words to describe an expedition is as arduous as the … Continue reading
Posted in Canoe, Kanairiktok River, Labrador, Photography
Tagged 2015, canoe, Kanairiktok River, Labrador, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
4 Comments
Visual Soliloquy #1166 When you truly sing, you sing yourself free. When you truly dance, you dance yourself free. When you walk in the mountains or swim in the sea, again, you set yourself free…
When you truly sing, you sing yourself free. When you truly dance, you dance yourself free. When you walk in the mountains or swim in the sea, again, you set yourself free. ― Jay Woodman
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, tickle swim, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #1165 Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky…
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. –Rabindranath Tagore
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2015, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment