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Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning. ― Gloria Steinem   Find your Fit Activity of the Day: Base Race Mark the boundaries of the area with … Continue reading →

You’re never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. ― Richard Bach Did you know?: Mount Logan is the largest non-volcanic mountain in the world when measured by its base. Find your Fit Activity … Continue reading →

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on … Continue reading →

It’s strange how dreams get under your skin and give your heart a test for what’s real and what’s imaginary. ― Jason Mraz Did you Know? Mount Logan is located in the St. Elias Mountains in the Yukon Territory. Find … Continue reading →

Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this … Continue reading →

Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it. ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón Did you Know? When climbing Mt. Logan there are usually six … Continue reading →

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. ― Henry David Thoreau Did you Know? Mount Logan was first climbed on June 23, 1925. Find your Fit Activity of the Day: Heat Loss Dance Purpose: To teach students … Continue reading →

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. ― Erma Bombeck Did you Know? There are many mountains with high elevations in Kluane National Park include Mount St. Elias (5,489m), Mount Lucania (5,226m), King Peak … Continue reading →

You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain. ― Tom … Continue reading →

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined. ― Henry David Thoreau Did you Know? In order to climb Mount Logan, you need to obtain an Icefields Permit, and submit an application to participate in … Continue reading →

All people dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous people, for they may … Continue reading →

Dreams are necessary to life. ― Anaïs Nin Did you Know? There are many different ways to climb Mount Logan, including flying out of Silver City, flying onto Hubbard Glacier or flying onto Quintino Sella Glacier. Find your Fit Activity … Continue reading →

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. ― Louisa May Alcott Did you … Continue reading →

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ― Henry David Thoreau Did you Know? There are approximately 12 peaks on the … Continue reading →

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that. ― George Carlin Did you … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day: Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had. ― Alice Sebold Did you Know? Near Mount Logan the temperatures are extremely low. In 1991, a record … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Game Plan: Travel back to Whitehorse to begin traveling home  (more news as soon as I have a keyboard instead of a phone) Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day: Throw your dreams into space like a kite, … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather: Move up to Camp 3 at approx. 4,700 meters.  Check the weather here and here. Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day: I dream my painting and I paint my dream. ― Vincent van … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather: Acclimatization day and load carry up through icefall to approx 4,700 meters. Return to Camp 2. Check the weather here and here. Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day: A dream you dream alone … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather:  Rest day.  Check the weather here and here. Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day: The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ― Eleanor Roosevelt Did you Know? … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather: Move up to Camp 2 at 4,100 meters.  Check the weather here and here. Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day: Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather: Move up and carry loads to Camp Two/King Col at 4,100 meters. Return to Camp 1.  Check the weather here and here. Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day: There is only one thing … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather: Move to Camp 1.  Check the weather here and here. Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day: Yes: I am a dreamer. For dreamers are ones who can only find their way by moonlight, … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather: Carry loads and establish Camp 1 at approx. 3,300 meters. Descend back to base camp.  Check the weather here and here. Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day: You may say I’m a dreamer, … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather: Fly to Base Camp on Quintina Sella Glacier.  Establish base camp at approx 2,800 meters.  Check the weather here and here. Mission 5959 Dreams Quote of the Day: It does not do to dwell … Continue reading →

Mission 5959 Game Plan and Weather: Arrive in Whitehorse and meet the climbing team. Full briefing, update on conditions and review gear. Afternoon drive to Kluane Lake. Sleep at 800 meters elevation.  Check the weather forecast here. Mission 5959 Dreams … Continue reading →