Tag Archives: Trekking

finding the heavenly path, armed struggle on pause…

Posted on December 30, 2011 by rustichello

Still thinking about Nepal: the politics were I think only marginally more functional than actual armed struggle, the coalition government did not seem to have any basis for proceeding bar the agreement not to shoot at one another, at least … Continue reading →

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deep play in Nepal

Posted on December 27, 2011 by rustichello

The Homecoming has happened. I’m returned to the Folly after my Nepalese ticket of leave and I’m overjoyed to be home. The dream happened, I walked a long way in places it seems unlikely I’ll ever go back to and … Continue reading →

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safe at home

Posted on November 8, 2011 by rustichello

I am presently getting a bit of grief at home and at work about my impending departure for Nepal. I will, as part of this departure, be leaving things undone and responsibilities unfulfilled professionally and personally. I know that this … Continue reading →

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inside passage to pokhara

Posted on September 17, 2011 by rustichello

In Jonathan Raban’s beautiful book Passage to Juneau he connects the story to of his boat journey to Juneau, Alaska, to his sense of wonder at being where he is and doing what he’s doing and how extraordinary it is … Continue reading →

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KPIs don’t measure dreams

Posted on September 16, 2011 by rustichello

The Falklands plan fell through. Too much dosh, too much uncertainty: couldn’t do it. I have decided to go to Nepal in November, less dosh and less uncertainty. This has, and is, causing the Rustichellos some angst. I’m going high … Continue reading →

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29.55

Posted on June 6, 2011 by rustichello

This morning I did it. I ran five kilometres in twenty nine minutes and fifty five seconds. For the most part I was moving within my limits but there was some unseemly acceleration in the final four hundred metres to … Continue reading →

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way to go me

Posted on June 3, 2011 by rustichello

I’m still hitting the gym most mornings, though my weight doesn’t move too much anymore. But this morning I did manage 31.35m for my five k run and that is as close to my goal (30min/5k) as close as I’ve … Continue reading →

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is a dream a lie if it don’t come true, or is it something worse?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by rustichello

So I won’t be going to the Falklands. There are a number of reasons, mostly to do with cash and the expense of getting myself across the Pacific and then halfway across the Atlantic. I could spend a lot of … Continue reading →

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Grumplestiltskin

Posted on April 18, 2011 by rustichello

I didn’t achieve my goal. Not yet at any rate. I ran 4.8ks on Friday morning and felt okay about not quite breaking through the five kilometres in thirty minutes barrier. It shits me but that’s why I’ll keep trying. … Continue reading →

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I am a runner and I am my father’s son

Posted on April 14, 2011 by rustichello

So the preparation for the Falklands expedition continues. Some of the preparation is quite fun: the catalogues of camping equipment; the testing of purchases; the imagining of myself on the peat bog slogging forward. Some of the preparation, most notably … Continue reading →

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