Tag Archives: Nepal

Peaks and Passes Day 4: April 18

Posted on April 18, 2013 by TA Loeffler

Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 4: Acclimatization day. We make a trek up to around 4000 metres giving views over the Dudh Khosi Valley and across to the Atwra La pass. We return to Chutanga. Camp. Fun Fact of the … Continue reading →

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Peaks and Passes Day 3: April 17

Posted on April 17, 2013 by TA Loeffler

Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 3: A short and easy day of trekking off the beaten track, up through thinning forest to the grazing area of Chutanga (3050m). Camp. Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? Nepali, a branch … Continue reading →

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Peaks and Passes Day 2: April 16

Posted on April 16, 2013 by TA Loeffler

Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 2: An early start for the dramatic flight through the mountains to Lukla (2840m). We spend the remainder of the day resting and acclimatizing. We stay in a tea house. Fun Fact of the Day … Continue reading →

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Peaks and Passes Day 1: April 15

Posted on April 15, 2013 by TA Loeffler

Expedition Itinerary Plan for Day 1: We meet the rest of the expedition crew in Kathmandu, pack our expedition duffels, and explore Kathmandu. Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? According to UNESCO, Nepal contains four World Heritage Sites: … Continue reading →

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No More Sleeps

Posted on April 11, 2013 by TA Loeffler

A few last things to be zipped into the bags, our plane clothes put on, and a few last details to take care of and we’re off.  Thanks for all the well wishes. We look forward to sharing the trip … Continue reading →

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Audio Post Testing from St. John’s…Introducing the Tech Lunch Box

Posted on April 9, 2013 by TA Loeffler
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21 days to Mera Peak, Island Peak and the Amphu Labtsa and counting…

Posted on March 25, 2013 by TA Loeffler

Here is our itinerary for the trip…three weeks and counting.  Training is going well and it’s time to start putting out gear in piles and turning the living room into an expedition staging centre.  My excitement is mounting each day … Continue reading →

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22 days to Mera Peak, Island Peak and the Amphu Labtsa and counting…

Posted on March 24, 2013 by TA Loeffler

It’s countdown time again…22 days until we (Marian, Tyler, Christine and I) board the plane at the Kathmandu domestic airport and fly to Lukla to begin our next expedition. It’s a spectacular and terrifying flight to land at what is … Continue reading →

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Training Plan for Mera, Island, and Logan

Posted on November 19, 2012 by TA Loeffler

Starting to map out the training plan for my spring climbs of Mera peak, Island Peak, and Mount Logan. It’s good to have it take shape and it starts right now this week. Logan has a 10-15 hour summit day … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #118 A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible…

Posted on February 21, 2011 by TA Loeffler

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #114 An authentic life is the most personal form of worship…

Posted on February 17, 2011 by TA Loeffler

An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer. –Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Visual Soliloquy #53 Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment…

Posted on December 3, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. –Jim Rohn

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Visual Soliloquy #44 When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but…

Posted on November 24, 2010 by TA Loeffler

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

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Visual Soliloquy #21

Posted on October 27, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. –Parker Palmer

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Visual Soliloquy #17

Posted on October 20, 2010 by TA Loeffler

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. –Aeschylus

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Visual Soliloquy #11

Posted on October 14, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Mountains are my teachers. I teach like the mountains teach me. With vision. With struggle. Asking students to reach up for an unknown sky, I ask for mindful engagement–for to climb or teach or learn without, leads to disaster.

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Visual Soliloquy #9

Posted on October 12, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Mountains are both solid and moving. They are steady, wise, and seemingly unyielding while at the same time they are changing through erosion and time.

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Of Avalanches and Mammograms

Posted on August 8, 2008 by TA Loeffler

Happy Regatta Day, Another week has sped by leaving me one week closer to Pumori: Climb for Awareness. Time always seems to speed up when I’m training because so much has to fit into each day. I lost two training … Continue reading →

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Adventures Big and Small

Posted on August 5, 2008 by TA Loeffler

August Greetings, Just back in town after four wonderful days adventuring with my students on the Avalon Peninsula, a truly magical place. As I sorted through the pile of emails that came in while I was gone, I was excited … Continue reading →

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A Cup of Tea

Posted on July 27, 2008 by TA Loeffler

Howdy, Thanks to all who replied with such enthusiasm and support for the Pumori climb. I was touched deeply when you shared stories of people you knew who have walked the breast cancer path. I kept their names close in … Continue reading →

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Pumori: Climb for Awareness

Posted on July 20, 2008 by TA Loeffler

Pumori: Climb For Awareness Every October since my mom, Denise, was diagnosed with breast cancer, I have run the Race for the Cure in her honour. I vividly remember the first time I wrote her name on my race bib. … Continue reading →

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Everest-007 April 2007

Posted on April 30, 2007 by TA Loeffler

They Shoot Horses… 4/30/2007 Location: Everest Basecaap Elevation: 5300 Meters Elevation Gain: 0 Meters Weather: Highly variable Quote of the Day: Life is short, things change. At this point of the day, I expected to be writing you from Camp … Continue reading →

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Everest-007 March 2007

Posted on March 30, 2007 by TA Loeffler

Walking in the footsteps of others 3/31/2007 Flat Stanley at Pumori Flat Stanley in front of Pumori. I am so aware as I trek to Everest Base Camp that I walk in the footsteps of so many others. Camped here … Continue reading →

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Looking for Windhorse October 2005

Posted on October 30, 2005 by TA Loeffler

Day One: Windhorse in Kathmandu I’m back in the world of the slowest dial-up and reminding myself that patience is the biggest tool in the traveler’s tool box. I’ve been in Kathmandu KTM)for 4 hours now and am taking my … Continue reading →

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Looking for Windhorse July 2005

Posted on July 30, 2005 by TA Loeffler

Looking for Windhorse: An Invitation 7/31/2005 It’s Sunday night and it seems familiar to be writing to you. Tuesday marked the one-month’s passing of time since I stood on the summit of Denali. The time seems to have passed both … Continue reading →

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