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Mount Logan Videos
I often seek out videos on You Tube and other sites as a way to preview and visualize the mountain I am about to climb. I study the route and land marks as well as what the climbers are wearing and...
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Home Court Advantage: TA’s Climbing Canada’s Highest Peak, Mount Logan, in...
Having had the privilege of climbing on all seven continents over the past eight years, I thought it was finally time to claim “home court advantage” and take on the challenge of climbing Mount Logan,...
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Calling All Weather Favours: One Week and Counting to Mission 5959
http://taloeffler.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/audio-post-2015-04-24-18-53-10.mp3Filed under: Everest 3.0, Logan Tagged: 2015, Canada, climb, Mission 5959, Nature, Post by Voice, School Curriculum,...
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Mission 5959: Climbing Mt. Logan Day 1 Twenty years from now you will be more...
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....
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Mission 5959: Climbing Mt. Logan Day 2 It does not do to dwell on dreams and...
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...
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Mission 5959: Climbing Mt. Logan Day 3 You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not...
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...
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Mission 5959: Climbing Mt. Logan Day 4 Yes: I am a dreamer. For dreamers are...
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...
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Mission 5959: Climbing Mt. Logan Day 5 There is only one thing that makes a...
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...
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Mission 5959: Climbing Mt. Logan Day 6 Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams...
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...
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Mission 5959: Climbing Mt. Logan Day 7 The future belongs to those who...
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...
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Mission 5959: Climbing Mt. Logan Day 8 A dream you dream alone is only a...
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...
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Mission 5959: Climbing Mt. Logan Day 9 I dream my painting and I paint my dream…
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. ―...
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Mission 5959: May your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know...
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...
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Mission 5959: Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never...
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....
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Mission 5959 Wrap-Up: Listening to Whispers and the Dragon’s Tongue
Getting to the top is optional, getting back down is mandatory. A lot of people forget about that. ― Ed Viesturs I’ve read several of Ed Viesturs’ books. He is the first American to summit all 14 8000...
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Visual Soliloquy #1131 Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some...
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1132 If you have built castles in the air, your work need...
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1133 Far away there in the sunshine are my highest...
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1134 Dreams are necessary to life…
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1135: All people dream: but not equally…
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1136 Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live...
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1137 You never know what’s around the corner. It could be...
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. ―...
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Visual Soliloquy #1138 It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to...
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),...
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Visual Soliloquy #1139 Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake…
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1140 Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who...
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1141 Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous,...
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1142 It’s strange how dreams get under your skin and give...
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1143 Be careful what you water your dreams with…
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...
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Visual Soliloquy #1144 You’re never given a dream without also being given...
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....
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Visual Soliloquy #1145 Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the...
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...
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