tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72943660507858638222024-03-05T08:31:09.093-08:00Survival - Spiritual QuestSallyDeMasi - The World As I See Ithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07484163581226556024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294366050785863822.post-50577625280875914192017-10-04T09:37:00.000-07:002017-10-04T09:37:05.387-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Higher Self Through Love<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">What
are your spiritual dilemmas, how can you realize your authentic self and find an
individual path to spirituality at this time in your life? <b><i>Not someone else’s journey, but
yours</i></b>. What is right for you now, in this precise moment?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">DeMasi’s
extremely personal journey is revealed as a roadmap for others to uncovered the
big questions we ask in life –death, passions of love, our God—found with the
assistance of angels, as we uncover compassion and surrender. What part does
fear play, death, forgiveness and what ties our humanity together? – it could
be LOVE. How do you find a gift of peace—silence from your over striving,
technology driven world? Why should you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">DeMasi,
is a writer of stories of discovery—adventure quests with her passion to
contribute to other’s personal growth through her humor and depth of life
adventures. Her book, <i>Courage Quest</i>, explores a search for fear
– traveling solo to unusual destination worldwide. She explores her corporate escape,
search and finding novena in the mountains of Idaho</span></div>
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her to write about pertinent issues of global survival, courage. <i>Survival Quest</i> reveals ways to
confronted crisis, why some do or do not exist. Her latest book along this journey,
<i>Spiritual Quest</i> shares how to find
your individual higher self—finding your life passion, how to uncover your
individual spiritual adventures through love. Her books are peppered with her
amazing photos and quotes from Dalai Lama, Helen Keller, John Muir, Sir Edmund
Hillary, Isabel Allende, Bear Gylis, Marianne Williamson, <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stephen R. Covey, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Pema Chodron, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Christopher Reeve,</span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Danny Kaye,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> John Muir, John Lennon, Jewel,
Leo Tolstoy, Lao Tzu, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemmingway, Robert F, Kennedy, John
Schaar, which document her quest. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Visit
her blog where you can find information about her book, <i>Survival Quest,</i> and read a portion of all of her books.: </span><a href="http://www.survivalspiritualquest.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">http://www.SurvivalSpiritualQuest.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> or her overview
of books and photos: </span><a href="http://www.sallydemasi4.wix.com/quest"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">www.sallydemasi4.wix.com/quest</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">. As a creative
writer and photographer, enthusiastic sports and travel advocate, Sally challenges
you to not just exist, but to survive, find your life purpose, live with zest experiencing
an extraordinary existence. “If not challenging life, you are not engaging in
its fullness and moving forward with growth.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As I work on a story for my Courage Quest book I thought back to that amazing African adventure – my first trip to uncover fear and conquer. The ultimate trip in my mind, and probably in my life, I now view it as a harried high tech worker who escaped her environment to risk and move forward in life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The defining moment of my trip was not what you’d expect. Our group had moved ahead on an inexpensive safari, rolling over the plains in a simple dilapidated jeep, hunting wildlife. Not with guns, but with our senses to see our prized animal, the majestic king of Africa, the lion.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Although ill from multiple diseases I had been exposed to on this journey and a horrendous ache in the mouth resulting from an infected crown that crumbled—it released infection and pain from my gums, but I was surprisingly exhilarated as we approached two wheat colored lions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I aimed my small compact camera at the lioness and her prospective mate – perched atop a barren waste hill in Masai Mara. These animals were adorned with muscular bodies; a male with his flowing mane surrounded his pink tongue that continue to lick, satisfying his female, she reciprocated, as our small group watched from afar.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was an ultimate moment to capture obedience, dominance, the courtship that would establish a commitment for life – the pairing of a two.<br />
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As they settled on their hunches facing each other, on this barren earth, they seemed oblivious to the small observers below; I attempted to capture this perfect photograph.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>My darn camera</i> jammed due to all the silt flowing into the open vehicle as we drove to find, explore, and adore these revered creatures. I finally recovered from dismay, distraught at missing a pinnacle of my photographic desire for a remembrance of this adventure. From that day forward, I grew to understand something fundamental about how we enjoy life. I would etch in my mind and senses all that was special to me, never again to lose the “instrument's record.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I acknowledge the gift to be “present” with all your senses. Sometimes I forget, sometimes I just can’t. But, the driving force behind what I once missed helps me to connect to who, where I am, be ever happy, joyful for what I have and can see. This knowledge dissolves into the essence of ME.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I’ve deal with relationships I remember this vision – the lion and his mistress, their connection for a lifetime, forever recorded in my mind, senses and soul.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Possibly they are smarter, more attuned to Mother Nature, than we. They communicate, live life, have a family, until one is dead without a written commitment from the other or a prenuptial, just knowing each will be there for support while together and BE. How is that possible when they are inferior to humans?<o:p></o:p></div>
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These are normal people facing fear and taking risks – kayaking in extreme locations, facing storms in the backcountry, surviving an airplane crash in the jungle, and living through random accidents and unexpected disasters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Most of them survive, but some don’t. What makes the difference? This is a book that explores what roles physical preparedness, emotional stability, spirituality, and even luck play when the unexpected situation throws our future into question. Her conclusions may surprise you.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bembostd" , serif;">* Introduction * Up a Creek Without a Paddle * White Wilderness Expedition</span><i><span style="font-family: , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: , serif;">* </span></i><span style="font-family: "bembostd" , serif;">Lost in the Canadian Woods * Free-Falling Lane *</span><i><span style="font-family: , serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "bembostd" , serif;">The Fighter * Down on Their Luck<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bembostd" , serif;">*</span><i><span style="font-family: , serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "bembostd" , serif;">A Lost Soul </span><i><span style="font-family: , serif;">* </span></i><span style="font-family: "bembostd" , serif;">The Miracle* A Preemie’s Struggle * Can I Survive the Jungle? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bembostd" , serif;">*Homeless Girl * Bridge Collapse * Woman’s Struggle—Negev * Crash in Enemy Water<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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People climb to where they must. It makes them a success to others
or for their own individual goals, just as many pursue Mt. Everest. A smaller challenge, the Tetons in Wyoming, is
a beautiful mountain range rising from soil to the heavens of the defiant rebel
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For men and woman who defy their security, a voice inside tells
them no, this is dangerous. A sudden
shift of conviction from adrenalin, uncovers a desire for an extreme adventure that
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Young, are the majority, with an occasional revered person who has
lived a long life needing one more challenge, the ultimate for them, moves to
do or death. With spirt, will and destiny the outcome is determined. These are
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They come from all states, all countries, to challenge the Tetons.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But, some don’t make it. There are climbing fatalities on the
Grand Teton Mountains yearly. The park has an elevation of 13,770 to its peaks.
In summer of 2014, Mary Bilyeu of Oklahoma ascends the Upper Saddle. She falls.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Park rangers reaching her lifeless body, pronounce her dead. <o:p></o:p></div>
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During another incident, Silas Peterson fell while descending
Paintbrush Divide into Paintbrush Canyon. He was using an ice axe but slid down
a steep snow-covered slope, could not self-arrest plunging an additional 150
feet on loose rock. Peterson’s hiking partner called 911 and a rescue then
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Both attempts to aid were impeded by severe thunderstorms in the
Jackson Hole, Wyoming area. There were huge wind gusts with rain and hail
battering their operations, and I am sure, the hiker’s climbs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The park rangers had issued warnings that the high country and
very steep mountain passes were laden with snow and all climbers must consider this
and bring proper equipment – ice axes, crampons and warm clothing.<br />
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They also caution you to especially be concerned about hypothermia
in bad weather conditions. A person with this condition may shake, have slow or
slurred speech, stumble, show signs of exhaustion and sleepiness which they
should never do and must get out of wet clothes immediately. They should stay
high on the ridges (as Larry Difani did in the White Wilderness Expedition
chapter of “Survival Quest”). When possible and temperatures warm, they should
watch for flash flooding and fallen trees that encumber their trail.<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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August, 2008, there were three similar accidents in Grand Teton
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George Gardner, 58, had three decades of climbing world-wide experience
under his belt and was a climbing guide. In July, 2008, leading a party in the
Grand Tetons, he went on his own to do a Free Soloing climb in the afternoon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Free Soloing is a pure form of climbing, going without a partner and
no harness for safety. The climber relies on your physical strength, climbing
skills and mental discipline to prevent a lethal fall; there is little room for
error. It is a dangerous way to climb. He fell to his death on lower Exum Ridge.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The body was found the next day. There is no way to accurately
predict what happened but there was lightning and gale winds of 60 MPH, just 12
MPH lower that hurricane force that must have been a contributing factor. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That year another man tumbled 800 feet when he slipped on snow and
was unable to arrest his slide with his ice axe, a second man slipped down a
steep slope of rock landing on a ledge above a canyon and a third, from the Panzer’s
party, had an accident near Lupine Meadows. <o:p></o:p></div>
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All these disasters seem to involved slippage on snow or wet rock
from rain in the mountainous summer with bad weather conditions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe part of the accidents and death are dictated by how much
time you spend in dangerous conditions where your chance of a misfortune
increases each trip, or maybe it is karma—it’s just your time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve loved this area near Jenny Lake, often camping and hiking
there through the years, but these mountains must be respected and you need an
understanding of its extreme weather patterns.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The weather report was not encouraging to me as I contemplated camping
in this area. Intermittent storms threatened the Tetons. After a stint at a
local Jackson Hole hostel, I moved north to the lake and set up my tent with
the crisp winds of fall. I was excited about pulling my inflatable Advanced
Elements kayak from the trunk of my Xterra that had been waiting for one more
dip before season’s end. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I notice the grey clouds accumulating so I went quickly to the
task at hand—erecting my one woman tent as a breeze pushed frigid artic air in
my face, chilling my ungloved hands. Moving to my car I retrieved a Patagonia wool
hat and North Star gloves - the best warmth needed in this “pre-fall” weather. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The wind was now playing with my tent—punching its sides to see if
I actually had secured it properly and wouldn’t fly to the heavens. My pegs
held firm, I had set up a tent in these conditions a few times before. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I retreated inside my enclosure as the wind whipped, with a drink,
cold dinner of cheese, salami and crackers—just not what I was expecting for my
first camp night. I had planned to prepare steak, bake potato with all the
toppings, a fresh veggie, and warm up bakery bread and a desert. That would
have to wait for another night.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Keeping my gloves and hat on, I piled 3 more layers of clothing
for warmth, climbed in my down sleeping bag rated to 25 degrees, now covered with
2 wool blankets that would surely be necessary as temperatures, much to my
surprise for this time of year, were rapidly lowering to a predicted 10
degrees. I survived the night but realized I must get a new bag with a 0 rating
next year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the morning it was still frigid, so I made a quick decision not
to build a fire for breakfast (again another semi-gourmet meal bit the dust). Instead I lit the small two-inch propane burner
I use for kayak camping; it did the trick; I soon had water boiling for coffee—the
essential. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Shivering I notice a single guy (I am always interested in a
single fellow) in the opposite campground. He saw me at the same time and sauntered
over for a chat. The way he moved, he looked like a cowboy, and was.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After small chit-chat, the story emerged.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He and his girlfriend had excitedly met in Jackson Hole after
months apart. She is a doctor from
Florida, and he a free spirit from Texas. It was a long term relationship with their
meetings several times each year in various locations—of<o:p></o:p></div>
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celebration. This was their new adventure. Well, they had actually
met in the Tetons to hike, many times before.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Camping at my favorite place, arriving from Jackson Hole with
minimal gear, they secured a site creating a base camp. They packed and soon
left for their four day “hike” up the mountain with a tent and light provisions
to climb on a sunny crisp Teton day. They were hikers, little worried in the
September sun, reassuring each other that possibly they might encounter
sprinkles, nothing more, so they did not bring warm clothes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Neither suspected the dramatic weather change that would ensue.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mid-day into their climb, clouds accumulated, and the sky turned
black and poured its moisture. The couple continued their vacation climb
upward, happy to be together as nearly one. But, the rocks on the trail became
very slippery. One miss-step ended their couple time together.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She fell just four hours into the climb, on a wet rock, twisting her
ankle, was her first thought. No, it was extremely painful, and then she
realized, she had broken her leg in multiple locations. She couldn’t stand, let
alone walk any distance alone and here they were in the wilderness, no-one else
within shouting distance, in a nasty storm without warm clothes or a way to be
rescued. After a short time lightning bolts shot up her leg and in her
environment. This was serious.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With a medical background, she was prepared, she had a pain
killer. Well, at least she could make herself comfortable for a bit. Neither
knew how they would proceed. Then, a miracle appeared, two unexpected hikers on
the trail few took. They insisted on retracing their steps and helping this
woman get to the trail head.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It seems luck prevailed meeting these two men just when this
couple desperately needed help and no one was moving on the mountain due to
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Arriving at the base of the mountain, rescuers called 911. She was
moved to Jackson Hole for preliminary surgery and stability, and then flown immediately
to Florida for extensive leg repair. She was one fortunate woman to have these
fellows there to save her. No way could her boyfriend have gotten her down the
mountain alone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here we were in the campground, she in Florida and her boyfriend sharing
their story with a fellow camper.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Looking at statistics of mountain accidents that happen in rugged
areas of the western states, they seem to occur in peaks such as Denali, Rainier,
Half Dome, in Wyoming and Alaska according to the <a href="http://www.stephabegg.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">www.stephabegg.com</span></a> website.
The largest accidents and fatalities were in the 1970s and 1980s, when new
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Maybe our equipment is better today; maybe we are more prepared
for mountain challenges. But, this couple made multiple wrong decisions and
just had the universe on their side. They were also fortunate to have the pain
medicine, but certainly they should have been more aware and prepared for the
unpredictable early fall like weather in the western mountains. If they had a
cell phone, a call could have been made for help. Luckily, fate intervened.<br />
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