Poem – Another Life
In another life I scaled the peak. I tasted the salt and blood of success and defeat. I...
Fragmenting Path
A few months ago, I found myself moving beyond my physical and mental limits. Limits I was not...
Poem – Transition
Everything has changed since leaving the land of the midnight sun. Squishy, my thoughts have become – what...
Poem – Into the Wild
I stand… Atop the snow-covered mountain above the tree line the valley split and pocked by spring fed...
Winter Forever?
An early morning trip north, yielded a few surprises – It can snow in May in MN! Ice...
Poem – Self
The following poem is from a conversation with Hanakia Zedek regarding Zen and takes place through a series...
Training and Colorado
With just 3-weeks to go until ice climbing training in Colorado and less than 5-months until Mt. Rainier,...
Mount Beckey
Biography of Fred Beckey Originally written on 07/11/2009 for a job interview. Somewhat obscure and averse to fame...
Dreams: Our Reality
Dreams: Path or Reality What will it take to trust this path? How many more years will I...
Poem – Oxygen
I watch you from the second floor I greet you this morning with voice thrown into the winter...
Poem – True Living and Being
Part of me has died inside I feel the heavy loss on my sinking shoulders unwilling to hold...
Untitled Poem
I posted part of this a few days ago. It’s the first new poem I have written in...
Dreams: Path or Reality
Dreams: Path or Reality What will it take to trust this path? How many more years will I...
Mount Beckey
Biography of Fred Beckey Originally written on 07/11/2009 for a job interview. Somewhat obscure and averse to fame...