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TA’s Recent Blog Posts
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- Finding Centre and Other Life Lessons from Boatbuilding
- From Stem to Stern
- I’m Always Climbing A Mountain or “How I climb anything is how I climb everything…”
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Tag Archives: NOLS
Everest-007 March 2006
Outer Coast Adventure Happy Spring to All, The day began with a dog bark and ended with a shower; in the blink of an eye lives and plans changed. On March 22, the Queen of the North sank. On March … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Everest-007
Tagged BC, Necky, NOLS, sea kayaking
Denali June 2005
When I was training last year, some days I would keep going by imagining what my first words to all of you would be. The time has come to finally say those words and I’m speechless and trying hard to … Continue reading
Denali May 2005
TA’s Denali Support Team #31 5/31/2005 Happy Almost June 1st, As we decended toward Anchorage airport, the pilot said, we are passing through 21,000 feet on our approach to Anchorage…I quickly glanced outside the plane through the window and saw … Continue reading
Denali March 2005
TA’s Denali Support Team #24 3/28/2005 Happy Easter!!! I hope the Easter Bunny was good to you. I had been concerned that the Easter Bunny wouldn’t find me this year since I spent last week at a meditation retreat. I … Continue reading
Posted in Denali
Tagged climb, NOLS, training, vanilla dip
Denali February 2004
TA’s Denali Support Team #20 2/27/2005 Happy Almost March to All, Rest weeks are funny animals…they are both easy and hard, fun and not fun, a lived experiential paradox. I slept in every day last week until my body started … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Denali
Tagged NOLS, ring of fire, training
Denali January 2005
TA’s Denali Support Team #16 1/30/2005 Happy Four Months and Counting… I arrive in Anchorage exactly four months from today…wow…that’s a slightly terrifying thought and an exciting thought at the same time… how did it go from nine months to … Continue reading
Denali December 2004
TA’s Denali Support Team #11 12/18/2004 Happy Only Seven Doors Left to Open on My Advent Calendar, Greetings from YVR (the Vancouver airport). I still think wireless internet access is magical. So cool to sit on the floor in an … Continue reading
Denali November 2004
TA’s Denali Support Team #8 11/28/2004 Top of the Morning to You, It’s been sunny here in St. John’s for two days in a row. I’m very confused and delighted. Happy Belated Thanksgiving to all my US friends (and to … Continue reading
Denali October 2004
TA’s Denali Support Team # 5 10/31/2004 Happy Halloween! That seems like a most appropriate greeting after a week of dressing up. It had a great week…here’s how it went… Sunday The last big day of preparations…Leo was an amazing … Continue reading
Denali September 2004
It Takes a Village to Climb a Mountain 9/25/2004 Hello, Please excuse the corny subject line-it was the best one I could come up with. I’m writing to invite you to become part of my village and to be a … Continue reading
