Tag Archives: Everest 3.0

TA is Home Safe & The Everest Season Goes On

Posted on May 15, 2016 by TA Loeffler

This is a quick post to let everyone know that TA is home safe and sound.  She reached 7200 meters on Everest and then had to be evacuated due to altitude illness.  TA has decided to keep serving out the … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Dear Students and Teachers

Posted on May 15, 2016 by TA Loeffler

Dear Students and Teachers, I wanted to let everyone know I am home now. I got home Friday evening and it’s been good for me to meet up with so many family and friends, to share stories from the mountain, … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Training for Everest

Posted on April 12, 2016 by TA Loeffler

Quote of the Day: “People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” – Edmund Hillary Did You Know? Last year an earthquake moved Mount Everest by 3 centimeters. Activity Suggestion: Training for Everest Objective: Students … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Find Your Sherpa Name

Posted on April 11, 2016 by TA Loeffler

Quote of the Day: “You do not climb a mountain like everest by trying to race ahead on your own, or by competing with your comrades. You do it slowly are carefully, by unselfish teamwork. Certainly I wanted to reach … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Hello from your Everest Curriculum Team!

Posted on April 10, 2016 by jaymeewebster

Dear Educators, We are your Mount Everest Curriculum Team! We have designed daily Everest material with grades 4-6 in mind but everyone is welcome to participate! For each day of T.A.’s expedition you will find a “Quote of the Day”, … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Looking Back, Looking Ahead…Conversations about Climbing and More

Posted on April 8, 2016 by TA Loeffler

Still in the bardo…two wonderful send-offs have me feeling well loved and well appreciated.  Thanks to all the folks who came to the Wednesday evening presentation on trekking at high altitude.  It was great to spend the evening with you … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Dragging Tires up the Hill, and Other Life Lessons with a Mountaineer

Posted on April 5, 2016 by TA Loeffler

“It was a sleety, windy Saturday morning about three weeks ago. I was alone. I had hiked up from Cuckold’s Cove and had just broken out onto the hardtop of Signal Hill Road. I was heading downhill, and coming uphill … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Of Boots and the Bardo

Posted on April 4, 2016 by TA Loeffler

I just put wax on my boots. It’s one of my pre-expedition rituals and it serves many purposes. It helps preserve the leather on my boots. It helps with waterproofing the leather to keep my feet dry. It helps signal … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Questions, Questions, Questions…and Answers To Be Determined

Posted on March 30, 2016 by TA Loeffler

I put out a call today for questions that people have about climbing Everest, my preparations, and the like. The response has been awesome and I’ve got some very thoughtful questions to answer. What a gift! Thanks so much. Some … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: One, Two, Three…Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Posted on March 27, 2016 by TA Loeffler

I get these ideas. These days, these ideas are mostly about training. Sometimes, as my mom used to say, “My eyes are bigger than my stomach,” and I dream up ridiculous training ideas that I have to back-off from. Sweet … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Five Ways to Help TA Climb Everest

Posted on March 25, 2016 by TA Loeffler

If all goes well, two months from now, I will be high on Mount Everest, perhaps even on my summit bid. Between the realization of a (nearly) lifelong dream and now, there is still more training, tons of packing, oodles … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Dear Media (and other fine folks)…

Posted on March 24, 2016 by TA Loeffler

Dear Media (and other fine folks), Should it come to pass that I eventually stand (or more likely sit or kneel) on the summit of Mount Everest, please don’t say I conquered the mountain. Or conquered my fear. Or conquered … Continue reading →

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Everest 3.0: Visualizing the Whole Hog

Posted on March 21, 2016 by TA Loeffler

In three weeks time, I’ll have just arrived in Kathmandu after 24 hours of travel. It’s starting to be the time of count-downs and calculations. How many hockey games left to play before I go? How many pounds of snacks … Continue reading →

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