photo by Ananda; coach prepares to climb higher. Southern Utah. “Climbing has all-ways been the strongest Metaphor for my own spiritual journey. as a child, my entire Being was and remains only interested in that path which leads ever Higher.” – coach ilg “Two people have been living in you all your life. One is […]
Sangha, okay, for those of you who have enjoyed my Imogene Pass Race from this September into my World’s Highest Nordic Championship win into Telemark extreme skiing from two years ago,just check out the crazy stuff they’re cranking for Telluride THIS YEAR!!! oh, and don’t you think for one moment that hey, if you’re gonna […]
click on photos to enlarge with an 8-degree temperature reading outside the WF Temple H(om)e, our “3-Chi Deer Clan” punched their hooves through an ice sheet on our (soon-to-be) hockey pond to get water. i took this photo this morning as they made their way across our backyard; Daddy Deer, Momma Deer, and Baby Deer. […]
click pics to enlarge Surprised and stoked, i hold my 2nd Place AG award after returning home from the Soulstice Mountain Trail Race which featured spatterings of rain, sleet, and as you can on the Sacred Peak behind me, snow! Perfect Nordic weather for ‘turning on the ilg trigger’ i reckon. i finished 8th Overall. […]
in 2006, i finished 3rd overall in this race. this morning? just getting to the Start Line is going to be my podium! WARRIOR UP!!!! Race Morning… last night, tucked on the downstairs couch, i felt close to my years as a mountaineer. curled within a fleece blanket, the wind outside was a monster roar, […]
Most Precious DL Warriors, allWays have i been honest with you,for you are the Devoted Ones which keep driving the humble ripples of this Dharma Path toward those who are ready to go Higher. in a classic case of auspicious irony with the Dalai Lama’s own affliction,my lifetime of pain from my twisted pelvis and […]
Noble EC- Buddha gave his first sermon in deer park. i saw an image once of mandala with a deer standing upon a sacred white cloud with a Tree of Life Floating over its head. i believe in Buddhism that the deer represents Universal Love and meditation upon deer is aid to open one’s consciousness […]
Dear Coach, I don’t often take up your challenge tests. I’m a scaredy-cat. Anyway, I’d like to try this time only because I’d like to win the PRANIC JUNKIE From my studies, Buddha is often pictured with a deer. This is symbolic according to the legend that Buddha first gave sermons at the Deer Park […]
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