Mountain Creatures

notes from a life in the mountains ⛰🌿💚 #mountaincreatures #mindfulness #hikerslife

[daily zen @dailyzen]

Slow down.

[Mountain Creatures @mountncreatures]

Give a dam. 💦💗💦

[BALANCE @BalanceLDN]

With over 75% of consumer waste sent to landfill and it taking up to 500 years to decompose, every ill-prepped-for shopping trip or coffee order has its eco-unfriendly consequences #WorldTurtleDay

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"The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring." - Francis H. Bradley

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"Let’s not mince words: Everest doesn’t attract a whole lot of well-balanced folks. The self-selection process tends to weed out the cautious and sensible in favor of those who are single-minded and incredibly driven. Which is a big reason the mountain is so dangerous." #Krakauer

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"I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak." - Sir Leslie Stephen #WednesdayWisdom

[Landie Greyling @LanGreyling]

I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that. ~ Dean Karnazes

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Woah! @standinononeleg https://t.co/FnCWaSCQnq

[parkrun South Africa @parkrunSA]

Route check for #Ceres parkrun launching tomorrow.

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"You only need sit still long enough in some attractive spot in the woods that all its inhabitants may exhibit themselves to you by turns." - Henry David Thoreau #capetown #southafrica #mountaincreatures #ceciliaforest

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I’ve got my ticket for the long way ‘round
The one with the prettiest of views
It’s got… https://t.co/DudQGVuJJG

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The view from my balcony this Autumn evening... after watching the birds fly home. Elephant's Eye, all lit up... #mountaincreatures

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Lion's Head, it's More Than a Mountain https://t.co/7cSN85CoWt @LionsHeadCPT @LionsHeadCT @TableMountainNP @runnersworldza

[Mountain Creatures @mountncreatures]

This is my imaginary superwoman cloak. It swooshes fiercely and joyously around me, clearing the way for life. This is Lion’s Head.
https://t.co/7cSN85CoWt @LionsHeadCPT @LionsHeadCT @TableMountainNP @runnersworldza

[Jack Kornfield @JackKornfield]

Control is an illusion.

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"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.” - Henry David Thoreau

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"I don't believe in 'lost'. I'm not here necessarily to find anything. I'm here to explore," he… https://t.co/JshgQMFhgL

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"The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your… https://t.co/F3RELDAkOy

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Shall we go a little further?
No
Let's just go and see what's on that ridge over there.
No.
And… https://t.co/z9QMu1YsXW

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What is this rain thing, Cape Town? @ Table Mountain National Park https://t.co/nuJUDYAaOD

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On the trails this morning with the 2oceansmarathon trail race and one misty mountain.… https://t.co/OBjjWePhGq