Tag: ice
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Fragmenting Path
A few months ago, I found myself moving beyond my physical and mental limits. Limits I was not aware of until they surfaced and began pushing back and against the space I was within. After hours squeezed into a sea kayak, paddling from Decision Point to Blackstone Glacier, beneath low, grey and heavy clouds, consistently…
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Events and Cool Stuff
An upcoming literary event and some cool websites to checkout. The summer release party for Lief magazine is June 2nd. More information at http://www.mfinley.com/lief/ “Like a rocket in your waistcoat — come hear Heather Beatty, Barry Blumenfeld, Rich Broderick, Sharon Chmielarz, Maryann Corbett, Norita Dittberner-Jax, Michael K. Gause, Jeanne Lutz, Diane Jarvenpa, Tim Nolan, Kevin…
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Poem – Into the Wild
I stand… Atop the snow-covered mountain above the tree line the valley split and pocked by spring fed river. Miles in every direction other mountains rise to meet the cloud deck and beyond toward the sun, heaven. Into this space I have travelled following raw instinct and primal energy. Feelings deep within I do not…
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Winter’s Last Stand
Spent the weekend clearing the last visages of winter as snow and ice had become 5-foot tall hills. Beneath the mounds, earth sprang forth with cold water, brown and reddish mud, and single blades of green grass. Spring has been dormant, waiting for the veil to be removed. Early dusk light scatters through curved pine…
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Poem – Peace in the City
Winters breath across the near frozen lake and the sandy beach frosted. Plump robins swoon from branch to treetop. Last years leaves slowly drying and the air filled a sharp musty. Drawn into the space away from concrete and glass. Quiet, personal reflection amplifies, becomes front and center. Chatter, chaos, the fray put on-hold (it…
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Poem – Black Swan
Emerging from the prairie and the ancient oak roots. numb, cold, senses fall away, the threads loosen, bonds stretched, there is light out there, somewhere, but here, where I stand, the shadows gather and meander in tight patterns around my feet and over my head, into the canopy, and cold infiltrates each layer and as…
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Alaska Photos
I finally added photo galleries from 3 trips to Alaska. They can be viewed here. 2007 2010 2012
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Lutsen Basked in Light
A few photos from a recent trip to Lutsen on Lake Superior. Basked in cold light the shoreline glowed with radiant heat from the sun transitioning from Winter to Spring.
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Alaska 2007 – Ice Climbing
The way up is almost perpendicular to the frozen ground. The glacier looms over me like a white predator, silent, and patiently waiting for a victim to wander into its steel jaws. Snow anchors are set at the top of the glacier. I am roped in with my harness, helmet on, goggles, and an ice…
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Alaska 2007 – Ice Climbing
The way up is almost perpendicular to the frozen ground. The glacier looms over me like a white predator, silent, and patiently waiting for a victim to wander into its steel jaws. Snow anchors are set at the top of the glacier. I am roped in with my harness, helmet on, goggles, and an ice…
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Back to writing
A lot in the world is going on, and many events or significant milestones have passed. Ideas and snippets pass through my mind like water, and it is difficult to choose which to fish out and write about. What kind of tone should I take, and what, at the end of the day, do I…
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Trip Updates
I hope this blog becomes a useful resource, but of course that requires me to actually have information on here. I am working on content the next couple of days, and will have a lot of stuff for here. An update on the trips for this year, and my training goals. The end of June,…
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Trip Updates
An update on the trips for this year, and my training goals. The end of June, I will be in Washington to attempt my first mountain climb, and hope the Mt. Rainier allows me the opportunity. In order to get there, I am embarking on a more intense strengthening and aerobic routine. Also, I am…
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January Update
2013 has started off like a lion looking for a meal. This weekend we will have Stone Path Review complete and ready for your reading pleasure. At the same time as the Winter 2013 issue, we are planning other changes. We will have a new, more focused mission statement. And we will have forums for…
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Welcome
Welcome to Mountains and Ice. This blog will be about nature, tackling mountains and ice, and the journey it takes to get there. I have often eluded to a deep fascination, almost obsession, with mountains and ice on here. I have had very tasty bites and morsels of these portions of nature, that have left…