tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-372958 2010-07-27T13:38:35-06:00 Words about Mount Everest, mountains, and motivation from professional speaker, climber, and photographer Jake Norton. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e2013485bf1d1f970c 2010-07-27T13:38:35-06:00 2010-07-27T13:38:35-06:00 Jake Norton Just recently, I started writing some content for Vail Resorts and their mountain social media website buzz.snow.com. Last week's trip report was a fun little outing from Colorado's Loveland Pass over Grizzly Peak, Lenawee Mountain, and down through Arapahoe Basin...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=6jNib7VAHEI:3hErm91QNSs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=6jNib7VAHEI:3hErm91QNSs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=6jNib7VAHEI:3hErm91QNSs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=6jNib7VAHEI:3hErm91QNSs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=6jNib7VAHEI:3hErm91QNSs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2010/07/jake-nortons-adventures-on-snowcom.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e2013485756d20970c 2010-07-15T15:47:50-06:00 2010-07-15T15:47:50-06:00 Jake Norton My wife and I often talk about how fortunate we feel to have careers that are built upon our passions. As the cliche goes, do what you love and you'll never work another day in your life. Certainly, Wende and...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=F8SVnmKrYYo:qmuc2w-A6C8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=F8SVnmKrYYo:qmuc2w-A6C8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=F8SVnmKrYYo:qmuc2w-A6C8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=F8SVnmKrYYo:qmuc2w-A6C8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=F8SVnmKrYYo:qmuc2w-A6C8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2010/07/thursday-thought-passion-in-life.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e20133f11b119a970b 2010-06-15T12:40:33-06:00 2010-06-15T12:40:33-06:00 Jake Norton Back in February, I wrote a Thursday Thought about ego...and the need to not have one in life. In it I shared some thoughts from one of my climbing heroes (and friends), Tom Hornbein. As many of you know, I...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=wj_7mN7RNJM:_jXx1_ksgjQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=wj_7mN7RNJM:_jXx1_ksgjQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=wj_7mN7RNJM:_jXx1_ksgjQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=wj_7mN7RNJM:_jXx1_ksgjQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=wj_7mN7RNJM:_jXx1_ksgjQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2010/06/humility-the-name-of-the-game.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e2013483bab6a1970c 2010-06-10T22:11:09-06:00 2010-06-10T22:11:09-06:00 Jake Norton Kick the can. Climbing trees. Falling in ponds and catching frogs. Climbing rocks and skinning knees. Brushing it all off and going out the next day for more.Those are many of the memories of my childhood. We played, and played...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=vM9TbXTwZMM:P78pIK9KGkc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=vM9TbXTwZMM:P78pIK9KGkc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=vM9TbXTwZMM:P78pIK9KGkc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=vM9TbXTwZMM:P78pIK9KGkc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=vM9TbXTwZMM:P78pIK9KGkc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2010/06/thu.htmlhttp://mountainworld.typepad.com/files/richard-louv-interview.mp3 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e20133f03eb6f6970b 2010-06-07T13:41:18-06:00 2010-06-07T13:41:18-06:00 Jake Norton This coming weekend, June 11-13, 2010, I'll be joining a handful of other professional athletes for a few days of fun and exercise in beautiful Aspen, Colorado, for the Outside in Aspen event. (It's been a great spring here in...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=iPT6mISsP90:Ege3rf7rwhQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=iPT6mISsP90:Ege3rf7rwhQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=iPT6mISsP90:Ege3rf7rwhQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=iPT6mISsP90:Ege3rf7rwhQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=iPT6mISsP90:Ege3rf7rwhQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2010/06/outside-in-aspen-a-participatory-adventure-weekend.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e20134825f90af970c 2010-05-28T14:47:07-06:00 2010-05-28T14:47:07-06:00 Jake Norton I was honored beyond words that the students of The Bosque School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, not only remembered by presentation to them back in February, 2006, but also enjoyed it enough to ask me to speak at their commencement...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=ixyZwC4XkyQ:y2cnZj8ADFo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=ixyZwC4XkyQ:y2cnZj8ADFo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=ixyZwC4XkyQ:y2cnZj8ADFo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=ixyZwC4XkyQ:y2cnZj8ADFo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=ixyZwC4XkyQ:y2cnZj8ADFo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2010/05/thursday-thought-a-commencement-inspiration-for-the-bosque-school.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e2013480adca2a970c 2010-05-20T13:16:28-06:00 2010-05-20T13:16:28-06:00 Jake Norton Now we're in descent mode. I already covered in Part I and Part II what I think happened on the uphill portion of Mallory &amp; Irvine's journey in 1924. And, now the hard part, the most dangerous part, the part...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=yRzHcrvlj4Y:yt9pGWiLKYs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=yRzHcrvlj4Y:yt9pGWiLKYs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=yRzHcrvlj4Y:yt9pGWiLKYs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=yRzHcrvlj4Y:yt9pGWiLKYs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=yRzHcrvlj4Y:yt9pGWiLKYs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2010/05/what-really-happened-to-mallory-irvine-part-iii.html