tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post7183416835819462016..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: Mountain MythosGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-6546754989953626842016-03-31T19:48:23.279-07:002016-03-31T19:48:23.279-07:00because they are there.
The classic attraction to...because they are there.<br /><br />The classic attraction to conquer is always the reason. To think a NZ bee-keeper could do it a few days before the Queen's coronation in 1953. Exhaustive take on famous mountain conquests Glenn!<br /><br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-46371835606194932062016-03-31T07:40:30.063-07:002016-03-31T07:40:30.063-07:00As I've said before, I learn so much when I vi...As I've said before, I learn so much when I visit here! And the way you express these facts draws me to read further! The end verse always says it for me, this no exception! Walter J. Wojtanikhttp://wojisme.worpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-76870235616400053102016-03-31T02:38:15.445-07:002016-03-31T02:38:15.445-07:00You wrote about the mountains that have been conqu...You wrote about the mountains that have been conquered and I wrote about a mountain that has not :). Your poem is robust with a massive foundation in history, like a mountain. I would have loved to see those war elephants but not the carnage wrought.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17392858163745232319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-39835433447357942692016-03-30T00:09:16.845-07:002016-03-30T00:09:16.845-07:00I live in a flat place. There are no mountains or ...I live in a flat place. There are no mountains or hills, just little undulations now and then. Mountains are amazing and daunting. Your writing has inspired me to look for a mountain to climb! By the way - the 'I'm not a robot' widget asked me to pick out all the images with mountains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-65775444548326738692016-03-29T19:09:29.926-07:002016-03-29T19:09:29.926-07:00Climbing a mountain is the last thing I can think ...Climbing a mountain is the last thing I can think of wanting to do but I loved your informational haibun, Glenn. And how true...we take on challenges like Everest simply because it's there and begging to be summited.Gayle Walters Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-50910672569630777332016-03-29T18:29:31.624-07:002016-03-29T18:29:31.624-07:00Fuji-san was my ultimate and climbed it years ago ...Fuji-san was my ultimate and climbed it years ago when I had breath and strong legs. Being born in the piedmont of NC, I am always torn between the mountains the ocean. So many of our eastern mountains were settled by the Scottish-Irish folk escaping persecution and homesick for their own mountains. And so very true - we humans climb, cross, fly around over and through things just because we can.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-51431781511177169402016-03-29T18:21:20.514-07:002016-03-29T18:21:20.514-07:00This is my best misreading ever:
"... made u...This is my best misreading ever:<br /><br />"... made up mostly of Africans and librarians" :)<br /><br />So much "yummy" for this word: "bivouacked"<br /><br />I love how your poems are looking these days. I've watched you for years, and the evolution in style has been such a treat to observe. Your spacing and visual presentation really is a pleasure to savor.<br /><br />"It was once home to a fire god,<br />& a Shinto goddess of Wisdom" ... This is my favorite.<br /><br />Ooh, sexy:<br />"the home of the Luminous Maiden,<br /> who was reputed to have led an emperor to his doom"<br /><br />I also like these sections:<br />"The Indians called the mountain Talol"<br />"Hundreds of people<br />have perished on its unforgiving slopes."<br />"but of course the Sherpas"<br /><br />Ha ha ha. I am dying over the ending. This, going into the haiku:<br />"finally crested in 1953 by Edmund Hillary, who was<br />knighted for it. I read where for only $1,800 dollars,<br />anyone can hook up with a tourist climbing group.<br />I think I’d rather go to Tahiti."<br /><br />So good, Glenn. It's always a treat to come visit you.✿https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044032159371976375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-35380340687947915872016-03-29T15:59:17.934-07:002016-03-29T15:59:17.934-07:00So true! We can definitely conquer heights if we w...So true! We can definitely conquer heights if we want to.<br />Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-73131053551852894232016-03-29T15:34:31.023-07:002016-03-29T15:34:31.023-07:00So very true, Glenn! Man definitely is up for any...So very true, Glenn! Man definitely is up for any challenge. I am sure Mount Rainer is a challenge that few mountain climbers in Washington State can pass by! Where there are mountains there are climbers. And yes, Everest is the ultimate!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-8599646435891970002016-03-29T15:18:24.531-07:002016-03-29T15:18:24.531-07:00A high-altitude poem about epic mountains, Glenn! ...A high-altitude poem about epic mountains, Glenn! Thanks for sharing this excellent post. I love me a mountain but I too would choose Tahiti over Everest any day.lynn__https://www.blogger.com/profile/03991892804149727665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-18627874233943586752016-03-29T15:17:51.539-07:002016-03-29T15:17:51.539-07:00Your opening quote is very inspiring Glenn ~
It a...Your opening quote is very inspiring Glenn ~<br /><br />It amazes me when men attempts to climb the highest mountains for the sheet adventure of it ~ Maybe this is akin to landing on the moon, and telling everyone, here is the flag and I have been here ~ If I have the money and energy, I would take that offer to climb up, smiles ~<br /><br />Thanks for joining us and hope to see this Thursday for OLN ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.com