Comments on: Photo Friday: English summer swimming http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/2009/07/photo-friday-english-summer-swimming/ Adventurer | Author | Motivational Speaker Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alastair Humphreys – Society, I hope you’re not lonely without me. http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/2009/07/photo-friday-english-summer-swimming/#comment-606 Alastair Humphreys – Society, I hope you’re not lonely without me. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:18:59 +0000 http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/?p=2991#comment-606 [...] Struggling to overcome inertia a week or two back I listened to the soundtrack to Into the Wild, one of my favourite films. It helped me to remember the power that the world’s natural places can have on us, and also to maintain my priorities. I had sunk into the typical London trap of equating quantity of hours spent at my desk with success. Of course that is nonsense. So I’m trying to remind myself that spending less time at the desk, (but doing work of quality when I am there) and more time out doing things I love is not wasting time. It is using time! Last week I used some of my newly-gleaned time to read an essay from Harper’s Magazine expounding the virtues of idleness. I don’t aspire to be idle, I don’t plan on dying in a bus in Alaska. But I appreciate their wake-up calls to focus on what is important. “Oh, it’s a mystery to me. We have a greed, with which we have agreed… and you think you have to want more than you need… until you have it all, you won’t be free. [...] [...] Struggling to overcome inertia a week or two back I listened to the soundtrack to Into the Wild, one of my favourite films. It helped me to remember the power that the world’s natural places can have on us, and also to maintain my priorities. I had sunk into the typical London trap of equating quantity of hours spent at my desk with success. Of course that is nonsense. So I’m trying to remind myself that spending less time at the desk, (but doing work of quality when I am there) and more time out doing things I love is not wasting time. It is using time! Last week I used some of my newly-gleaned time to read an essay from Harper’s Magazine expounding the virtues of idleness. I don’t aspire to be idle, I don’t plan on dying in a bus in Alaska. But I appreciate their wake-up calls to focus on what is important. “Oh, it’s a mystery to me. We have a greed, with which we have agreed… and you think you have to want more than you need… until you have it all, you won’t be free. [...]

]]> By: Roy http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/2009/07/photo-friday-english-summer-swimming/#comment-522 Roy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:53:01 +0000 http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/?p=2991#comment-522 Hi Al, good to see you are enjoying the heatwave! I agree, Into The Wild is a great film, although some poetic license is used in the adaptation from the book by Jon Krakauer. Here's to an equally successful latter half of 2009.... Roy Hi Al, good to see you are enjoying the heatwave!

I agree, Into The Wild is a great film, although some poetic license is used in the adaptation from the book by Jon Krakauer.

Here’s to an equally successful latter half of 2009….

Roy

]]> By: Al Humphreys http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/2009/07/photo-friday-english-summer-swimming/#comment-520 Al Humphreys Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:02:24 +0000 http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/?p=2991#comment-520 Tony - you are very welcome here: look forward to hearing from you... Tony – you are very welcome here: look forward to hearing from you…

]]> By: Al Humphreys http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/2009/07/photo-friday-english-summer-swimming/#comment-519 Al Humphreys Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:01:45 +0000 http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/?p=2991#comment-519 Mike - I am enjoying your trove of poetry! Keep 'em coming... Tomo - it's the Eddie Vedder album that I like. Andy - sorry for swimming in your fishing river! Mike – I am enjoying your trove of poetry! Keep ‘em coming…

Tomo – it’s the Eddie Vedder album that I like.

Andy – sorry for swimming in your fishing river!

]]> By: Tomo Thompson http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/2009/07/photo-friday-english-summer-swimming/#comment-518 Tomo Thompson Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:46:37 +0000 http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/?p=2991#comment-518 The Eddie Vedder songs from the album, or the soundtrack to the film ? Just wondering. Similar but different is the soundtrack to the runner (David Horton versus the Pacific Crest Trail record) - the soundtrack is available on iTunes - look under Cody Westheimer As an aside David Horton starts his attempt on the Colorado Trail record tomorrow http://eco-xsports.blogspot.com/2009/06/horton-to-start-colorado-trail-speed.html regards, Tomo The Eddie Vedder songs from the album, or the soundtrack to the film ? Just wondering.
Similar but different is the soundtrack to the runner (David Horton versus the Pacific Crest Trail record) – the soundtrack is available on iTunes – look under Cody Westheimer
As an aside David Horton starts his attempt on the Colorado Trail record tomorrow
http://eco-xsports.blogspot.com/2009/06/horton-to-start-colorado-trail-speed.html

regards,
Tomo

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