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How Living With/Through the COVID-19 Pandemic is Like Climbing Everest
With the spike in COVID-19 cases here in my region after months of doing fantastic keeping the virus at bay, I was thinking about our collective grief, sadness, anger, and sense of overwhelm at...
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Making the List: 90 Great Canadian Explorers
I am humbled once again to be recognized by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society by my inclusion in their 90 Greatest Canadian Explorers List. Of course, whenever a list is made, many noteworthy,...
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Everest 3.0: Looking Back, Looking Ahead…Conversations about Climbing and More
Photo Credit: Natelle Tulk 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...
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Fence Boards and Paneer
Congrats to Spain, Condolences to the Netherlands, Another seven days has quickly passed and I find myself stealing a few moments in my chair once again. I’m a bit tired from my biggest day of riding...
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Motorcycle Satori
Happy Fireworks Day, It was a busy week fitting back into the routine of teaching and trying to get out on my bike as much as possible. I’m teaching two courses this summer: one in park management and...
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Settling Back In
Happy Father’s Day, Today will be a day I miss my dad more than most. Yesterday hundreds of motorcycles rode down Duckworth Street in the “Ride for Dad”, a prostate cancer fundraiser and tears rolled...
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Everest 2010: Good Bye Kathamndu
Hi this is TA calling in from the rooftop of the hotel Horizon here in Kathmandu; we are trying to get all our bags in one spot, so we can get them packed up and pray that they are not over weight for...
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Everest 2010: Heading Home
May 19 – Goodbye EBC…For Now Hi this is TA calling in from Everest base camp for the last time on this expedition. We welcomed home our summiteers from all points higher than this, and hearing their...
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Everest 2010: Week Six
This week TAs pesky urinary tract infection forced her to seek refuge at lower elevation in the village of Pheriche. But now, feeling better TA is back at base camp and is preparing to head back into...
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Everest 2010: Week Five
Resting 4/27/2010 Hi this is TA calling in from the village of Pheriche at 4220m, and look I can talk in full sentences down here in the thick air. Mango and I walked down in about 5 hours today and...
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Everest 2010: Week Four
April 15 – Housekeeping Hi this is TA calling in from Everest base camp, the sun has just set behind the ridge so the temperature is about to plummet. I’m sitting in my nicely reorganized tent, today...
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Everest 2010: Week Three
Another week and another round of Everest 2010 updates. TA and the crew made it all the way to Everest base camp this week, so now the real climbing begins. As always these updates are being brought to...
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Everest 2010: Week Two
March 29 – Good Morning Nepal Hi this is TA calling in from the Gumpa at Bouksa at 2340 metres, I couldn’t get a signal last night to call in the update so I’m calling in this morning. We jus climbed...
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Everest 2010: Week One
March 25th – Kathmandu How Are You? Hi this is TA and Marian calling in from the rooftop of the Nirvana Guest Hotel in Kathmandu, we had a long day of flights and now we are getting settled in and...
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In Between a Rock and a Gear Place
Happy Daylight Savings Time, My apologies to Saskatchewanians and Arizonans for the exclusive greeting but you are probably used to it at this time of year! I’m bathed in the low angled light of dusk...
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Summit Socks and Send-Offs
Howdy to All, March is here and the Everest Advent Calendar’s doors are half open! The remainder of the road trip went well with two presentations in Calgary and I’ve been busy since my return trying...
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Road Trip
Happy 2010 Olympics! Another seven doors are open on the Everest advent calendar and I’ve had a good trip out west. After months of wrangling with various bureaucracies, it finally worked for me to...
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Everest Advent
Howdy, I can’t believe another week has flown by and I’ve added another 16.6 ascents of Signal Hill into the mix! The tire pulling crew dragged their way up 3.5 times this week and we were joined by...
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Visual Soliloquy #365 Altius ibunt qui as summa nituntur…
Happy Anniversary Visual Soliloquy…One year of talking to myself (and others) through quotes and pictures! They will rise highest who strive for the highest place. –Latin Proverb Filed under: Everest...
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Visual Soliloquy #201 If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t view the...
If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t view the plain. - Chinese proverb Filed under: Everest 2010, Photography, Visual Soliloquy Tagged: 2011, Nature, photography, Quotes, Travel
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