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: photography
Visual Soliloquy #108 A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality…
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. –John Lennon
Visual Soliloquy # 107 Be not simply good; be good for something…
Be not simply good; be good for something. – Henry David Thoreau
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, photography, Quotes, Travel, Vietnam
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #106 Realise that true happiness lies within you…
Realize that true happiness lies within you. – Lucian
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, photography, polar, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #105 I’d rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not done…
I’d rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not done. – Lucille Ball
Visual Soliloquy #104 Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves…
Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves. –Mark Haddon
Visual Soliloquy #103 After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb…
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. –Nelson Mandela
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Canmore, Ice Climb, photography, Quotes
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #102 Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God…
Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God–Diana Robinson
Visual Soliloquy #101 If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle…
If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing there without an optical reason. –Douglas Sirk
Visual Soliloquy #100 You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave…
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. –Henry David Thoreau
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel, Vietnam
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #99 I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars…
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. –Og Mandino
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Guatemala, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #98 A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight…
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde A dreamer is one who can only find his way by … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Guatemala, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #97 A dream you dream alone is only a dream…
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. –John Lennon
Visual Soliloquy #96 A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space…
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space. –Gloria Steinem
Visual Soliloquy #95 When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do…
When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. –Walt Disney
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Kilimanjaro, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #94 Any place worth its salt has a ‘parking problem’…
Anyplace worth its salt has a ‘parking problem’–James Castle
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Kilimanjaro, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #93 We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are…
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not. –Tony Robbins
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Kilimanjaro, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #92 Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something…
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. –Jean Paul Richter
Visual Soliloquy #91 Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go…
Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”–Karen Ravn
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Kilimanjaro, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #90 Risk, there is no real living without it. Die we all must, but try to knock all risk out of our lives…
Risk, there is no real living without it. Die we all must, but try to knock all risk out of our lives and we lock ourselves tighter and tighter into a safe, comfortable, deadly box, and we die too, without … Continue reading
Looking for WIndhorse II
Prayer flags are often called Lung-ta or Windhorse in Tibet and Nepal. One traditional prayer flag design has a windhorse in the centre and the Four Dignities (Lion, Tiger, Garuda, Dragon) in the four corners. As some of you will … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Everest 2010, Everest-007, Life, Tibet Bike
Tagged 2011, Everest, gratitude, photography, prayer flags, teachers, windhorse
1 Comment
Visual Soliloquy #89 The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives…
The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives. ~Robert Brault
Visual Soliloquy #88 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race…
When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. ~H.G. Wells
Visual Soliloquy #87 When one’s lung-ta is low obstacles constantly arise. When lung-ta is high good opportunities abound…
When one’s lung-ta is low obstacles constantly arise. When lung-ta is high good opportunities abound…–Unknown
Visual Soliloquy #86 Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be…
Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be. –Anna Freud
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
2 Comments
Visual Soliloquy #85 My profession is to always …
My profession is to always find God in nature. – Henry David Thoreau
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #83 Nothing will come of nothing. Dare for mighty things…
Nothing will come of nothing. Dare for mighty things. – William Shakespeare
Posted in Everest 2010, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, climb, Everest, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Aconcagua Photo Gallery
Here are some of my favourite photographs from my climb of Aconcagua in December of 2006. To read the dispatches from the mountain, please click here.
Posted in Aconcagua, Photo Gallery, Photography
Tagged 2006, Aconcagua, Argentina, photography, Seven Summits
1 Comment
Visual Soliloquy #82 The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play…
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. –Arnold J. Toynbee
Posted in Newfoundland, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Newfoundland, photography, Quotes, Travel
4 Comments
Visual Soliloquy #81 The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water …
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. –Henry David Thoreau
Posted in Newfoundland, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Newfoundland, photography, Quotes, Travel
2 Comments
Visual Soliloquy #80 Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted…
Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. –Mary McCarthy
Posted in Newfoundland, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Nature, Newfoundland, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #79 Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing…
Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing. –Bill Cosby
Visual Soliloquy #78 Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat…
Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat. –Jean-Paul Sartre
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, photography, Quotes, Travel, Vietnam
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #77 Three Rules of Work…
Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.–Albert Einstein
Posted in Photography, Tajumulco, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #76 To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle…
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science. -Albert Einstein
Posted in Photography, Tajumulco, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #75 Nature is what we know – Yet have not art to say…
Nature is what we know – Yet have not art to say – So impotent our wisdom is To her simplicity. –Emily Dickinson
Posted in Photography, Tajumulco, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #74 Simply the thing that I am shall make me live…
Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.–William Shakespeare
Posted in Photography, Tajumulco, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #73 Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you…
Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn’t do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition. -Florida Scott-Maxwell
Posted in Photography, Tajumulco, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #72 Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world…
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in. –Alan Alda
Posted in Photography, Tajumulco, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Guatemala, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel, Xela
Leave a comment
Visual Soliloquy #70 There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope…
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. –Bern Williams
Posted in Photography, Tajumulco, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2011, Guatemala, Nature, photography, Quotes, Santa Maria, Travel
2 Comments