Her Active Life

We commenced plugging up in foot deep steps with a thin wind crust on top and precious little belay for the ice-axe. It was altogether most unsatisfactory and whenever I felt feelings of fear regarding it I’d say to myself, ‘Forget it!?’ This is Everest and you’ve got to take…

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Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. ~Harold V Melchert

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Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. ~Author unknown

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The water is your friend.  You don’t have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move.  ~Aleksandr Popov

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Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity. ~Stephen R. Covey

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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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As I see it, every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.  ~Adelle Davis

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A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book. ~Irish Proverb

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Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.  ~John F. Kennedy

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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise. ~Benjamin Franklin

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It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick.  ~Dave Barry

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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish proverb

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The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. ~Peggy Fleming, American figure skater, 1968 Winter Olympics

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I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything. ~Michael Phelps

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“We never repent of having eaten too little.” ~Thomas Jefferson

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