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Everest Base Camp – Part 2

Click Everest Base Camp – Part 1 if you want to read from the beginning. Day 4 we trek again! After a full day of recovery enjoying the storm from the comfort of lovely Namche Bazaar we get to do an acclimation hike to Everest View Hotel. It’s an elevation gain of 440m (1440ft) and […]

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Everest Base Camp – Part 1

I have dreamed about doing the trek to Everest Base Camp for 13 years! Since that infamous milestone climb up Kilimajaro just before I turned 50, a trip that changed my life, I have put Nepal as my ultimate challenge adventure. Well, 2025 became the year! It wasn’t planned but it was always in the […]

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No Phone for the 1st Hour of My Day

I am a prolific podcast listener and pretty much everyday I learn about some new way of approaching life, diet, health and thinking. Some I try, some stick, many just go into the library of my brain. Over the last 6+ years of listening to podcasts, I have learned, experimented and become a healthier, happier […]

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Where One Harmless Goal Led Me

It’s 1:53am in Canada, I’m dealing with jet lag and now we seem to have also forced our dog into jet lag mode as well. Charlie put his nose in my face and let me know this was a potentially urgent situation as he woke me from my sleepy lull. A beautiful brisk Fall night […]

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Prepare to be Blown Away

It’s called an adventure for a reason. The unusual, exciting, potentially hazardous experience of taking on grand initiatives can be filled with the unexpected. Day 17 – Bayview to Cymbria – 28km We were on a major high after such an amazing day yesterday hitting the halfway point, both in such a great spot physically […]

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Taking the long way!

The last post had us arriving in Summerside finishing Day 4 of The Island Walk Very happy to say we hit the Halfway Point yesterday! It was a celebration at the Waypoint sign 16 with 364 km completed of the 700km circumnavigation of PEI. To this point we’ve had to deal with a lot of […]

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Doubt is Normal

How can doubt and excitement live in the same moment? That combination is usually a sign for me. When I’m excited about the prospect of an endeavour or adventure, yet there is a string of fear or doubt that swings in like a monkey ready to steal something out of your backpack. This is when […]

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The Trail Ahead

Equal parts scared and excited! Soon myself and My Adventure buddy will spend a month walking 700km around PEI on the new #IslandWalk also now being referred to as the #CanadianCamino This is my chosen milestone challenge as I approach 60 in a few months. I love stretching myself, I’ve learned to step into things that scare me. […]

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Empathy Rising

I enjoy getting to work early so for years I’ve woken at 5am to get my endurance training in before I turn into a professional. That all changed in Honduras early January when I fell off a dock onto a lower dock then into the ocean badly breaking my wrist. It could’ve been much worse, […]

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Each Day is a Gift

As we say Bye to 2018, I want to appeal to everyone to take a few ‘Geterdone’ thoughts into 2019. I want you to laugh more! For your health, happiness and relationships, start laughing and stop getting caught up in the small stuff that just doesn’t really matter. We have to give ourselves permission to […]