Its was an auspicious day for me, because it wasn’t an official auspicious day. This meant I was the only visitor at the Tango Monastery [plus the goats, cats and dogs]. Happiness is wandering solo with my camera in Bhutan. Check out some photos on Instagram.
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Category: Bhutan
Wow. Once again, I hold the highest of regard for the Tshering Tobgay the Prime Minister of Bhutan and the people of Bhutan. To gain a better understanding of what they are about and why I hold such esteem for this country, enjoy his TED talk.
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Category: Bhutan
Just did a, very enjoyable, 4:30 AM (Bhutan time) podcast interview for Science of Ultra Podcast about Dirty Inspirations and one particular moment popped out (I’ll let you know when the interview is live). Shawn asked me if there was one overarching aspect that I’ve learned in all my years of endurance racing that has served me the most and that I can share with other ultra athletes (and that happens to speak to everyone!) My response: Know yourself. Know your strengths, be honest about your challenges, admit, accept and work with, your shortcomings. Know your mind and how to train it, know your physical needs, and define what your intensions are at the start line of every race. Ask […]
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Category: Bhutan
After riding a wave of gratitude and excitement from the book launch and signing of Dirty Inspirations at Bookshop Santa Cruz, the palpable buzz from the premiere of Crossing Bhutan at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, as well as then sharing the poignant “lessons” from my book with a cutting edge start up company in Los Gatos, I’ve had a moment to take a short breather (before I head to Bhutan) to reflect on something completely unexpected that arose at our film premier. Wow! When creating and then executing Expedition Bhutan, our human powered journey across Bhutan while shooting a documentary film of their concept of Gross National Happiness, neither I nor anyone on my otherwise all-male team had […]
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Category: Bhutan
It was special being interviewed by a fellow adventure racer for this podast on Breathe Magazine. Thanks Angel Garbarino for your insights. Enjoy this one!
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Category: Adventure
Enjoy my podcast chat with John Vonhof at Writers and Authors on Fire and author of Fixing Your Feet. If you are an endurance athlete, you need his book. In this podcast we chat on Dirty Inspirations, enduring, writing and much much more. Fun chat!
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Category: Adventure
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