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• Full Wolf Moon – January Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January’s full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon.

Many of you know ilg’s story…one of my first Dharma Teachers, Guru’s, and Beloved Mentor, Friend, and cOMpatriot during my chi-ldhood years growing up here in Durango was my precious wolf hybrid; Apache. i’ve …

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when was the last time you out-sprinted a teenager after running a heart rate of 166+ for 50 minutes at 9,000’…and WON!?!

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“Your suffering is my suffering
and your happiness is my happiness.”

~ Siddhārtha Gautama

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waxed Swix® LF8 on top of HF7 from Chama, with a top layer of HF8 for tomorrow’s Langlauf Ski Race…before i was dad? i’d put picture of Norwegian Ski Racers above my waxing table to ‘get psyched’…nowdays? i just…

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Ice Melts…so do we…

Published on Jan 24, 2013 by in Haiku, Teachings

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Coach,
i am confused by the beauty of this photo of yours…can you provide a Haiku for it?

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“Green Tara baby! Its on like donkey kong! I can’t wait to send you some pics where you can see your work and inspiration in me. You and your teachings keep me sane. Thank you sir! I can’t wait to get a job (been out of work for over a year) and join the member area of WF. Wishing you the best of days sir!”

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meaning of cOMpetition…

Published on Jan 22, 2013 by in Racing, Skiing, Teachings

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Competition means, by definition, To Arise From Within… Toe the Start Line of SOMETHING, ANYTHING…and feel how the Sangha of Competition lifts you waaaay higher than not cOMpeting…get out there and do your Noble Best…

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“One word, ANIMAL!” says National MTB Champion Joe Burtoni about my effort to regain my former King of the Mountain title at last weekend’s Chama Ski Classic. ilg lost the title by not being fast enough in the snowshoe..yet, as i tell my 5 year-old daughter, “Competition means, by definition, To Arise From Within,”..she gets it. do you? Toe the Start Line of SOMETHING, ANYTHING…and feel how the Sangha of Competition lifts you waaaay higher than not cOMpeting…get out there and do your Noble Best…

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